ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- pyrite (n.)
- "metallic iron disulfide," 1550s, from O.Fr. pyrite (12c.), from L. pyrites, from Gk. pyrites lithos "stone of fire, flint" (so called because it glitters), from pyr (gen. pyros) "fire" (see fire (n.)).
WIKIPEDIA
Pyrite is the most common of the sulfide
minerals. The name pyrite is derived from the Greek
πυρίτης (puritēs), "of fire" or "in
fire",[7]
in turn from πύρ (pur), "fire".
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