Pyrites

Georgius Agricola affirmeth, that in the territorie of Elbogan, about the town which is named of Falcons, that the whole bodies of Pine trees are conuerted into stone, and which is more wonderfull, that they containe, within certaine rifts, the stone called Pyrites, or the Flint.

A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas 2003

Georgius Agricola affirmeth, that in the territorie of Elbogan, about the town which is named of Falcons, that the whole bodies of Pine trees are conuerted into stone, and which is more wonderfull, that they containe, within certaine rifts, the stone called Pyrites, or the Flint.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Pine trees are conuerted into stone, and which is more wonderfull, that they containe, within certaine rifts, the stone called Pyrites, or the

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584

Note 23: For example: Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare, "Mémoire sur Pyrites et Vitriols," Savants étrangers 5 (1768): 617 – 30. back

The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe 2006

Fortunately, we had other relatives up in Pyrites.

The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998

My parents moved with their new daughter to Pyrites.

The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998

Pyrites was a small, working-class mill town in 1936, about fifteen miles from the Canadian border.

The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998

Even my mom consented, and off to Pyrites I was sent.

The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998

Having lived in the city my whole life, my time in Pyrites was my first real exposure to nature.

The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998

When I returned from Pyrites, my family was already moved into the new apartment.

The Good Life Tony Bennett 1998