chalcopyrite

English

Chalcopyrite

Etymology

From chalco- (“copper, ore”) +‎ pyrite. Named by Johann Friedrich Henckel 1725.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkæl.kəˈpaɪˌɹaɪt/

Noun

chalcopyrite (plural chalcopyrites)

(mineralogy) A yellow mineral that is a mixed sulfide of copper and iron, with the chemical formula Cu Fe S₂.

Synonyms

copper pyrites

Translations

mineral

Armenian: խալկոպիրիտ (hy) (xalkopirit)
Catalan: calcopirita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黃銅礦／黄铜矿 (zh) (huángtóngkuàng)
Danish: kobberkis c
Dutch: chalcopyriet n
Finnish: kuparikiisu
German: Chalkopyrit m
Hungarian: kalkopirit
Italian: calcopirite f
Polish: chalkopiryt (pl) m
Portuguese: calcopirita f (Brazil), calcopirite f (Portugal)
Romanian: calcopirită (ro) f
Russian: халькопири́т (ru) m (xalʹkopirít)
Serbo-Croatian: halkopirit (sh)
Spanish: calcopirita f
Turkish: kalkopirit

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chalcopyrite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“chalcopyrite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kal.kɔ.pi.ʁit/

Noun

chalcopyrite f (plural chalcopyrites)

chalcopyrite

Further reading

“chalcopyrite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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