Definitions For Marcasite

Noun

MARCASITE. (countable and uncountable, plural MARCASITEs) (mineral) The orthorhombic form of iron disulfide, FeS2, occurring as yellow crystals. from 19th c. :Synonym: white iron pyrite (jewellery) pyrite, pyrite. (historical) Any of various metal sulfides, usually iron sulfide minerals. from 15th c.

Usage notes

Marcasite is physically and crystallographically distinct from pyrite, although the two have the same chemical composition.

Derived terms

golden marcasite

Translations

Arabic: مَرْقَشِيتَا, f Aramaic: : Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מרקשיתא (marqəšīṯā, f) : Classical Syriac: ܡܰܪܩܫܺܝܬܴܐ (marqəšīṯā, f) Armenian: մարկազիտ, լուսաքար Catalan: marcassita, f Czech: markazit, m, markasit, m Finnish: markasiitti French: marcassite, f German: Markasit, m Italian: marcasite, f Latin: marchasita, f Polish: markasyt, m, markazyt, m Russian: маркази́т, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: марка̀зӣт, m, марка̀сӣт, m : Latin: markàzīt, m, markàsīt, m Spanish: marcasita, f, margajita, f

See also

pyrite

Etymology

From {{der, en, ML., marchasita}} et al., from {{der, en, ar, مَرْقَشِيتَا}}.