Pyrrhotite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pyrrhotine \Pyr"rho*tine\, Pyrrhotite \Pyr"rho*tite\, n. [Gr. ?
     flame-colored, fr. ? fire.] (Min.)
     A bronze-colored mineral, of metallic luster. It is a
     sulphide of iron, and is remarkable for being attracted by
     the magnet. Called also {magnetic pyrites}.
     [1913 Webster] pyrrol



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pyrrhotite
       n : a brownish iron sulfide mineral FeS having weak magnetic
           properties [syn: {pyrrhotine}, {magnetic pyrites}]