noun
- Plural of arsenopyrite; iron arsenic sulfide minerals, typically brassy-yellow in color, that are important ores of arsenic and sometimes gold.
Usage: technical; mineralogy
Examples
- Arsenopyrites are commonly found in hydrothermal vein deposits.
- The ore sample contained significant quantities of arsenopyrites mixed with other sulfide minerals.
- Geologists identified arsenopyrites as the primary source of arsenic contamination in the groundwater.
- Arsenopyrites often occur alongside gold deposits in certain geological formations.
- The mining operation extracted arsenopyrites for arsenic production.