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What are pyrites?

What are pyrites? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of pyrite
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Gilman pyrites typically have associated minerals, particularly flattened siderite rhombohedra and marmatite.
Other Aboriginal groups around Australia used fire drills, flints and pyrites to make fire.
At these places, it is most frequently connected with a gangue of heavy spar and calcareous spar, with pyrites of iron.
In the fossilisation process, the original organic parts of the shark's tooth are replaced by minerals such as iron pyrites and silica.
Iron, in the state of ferric oxide is of less importance, but pyrites and all ferrous compounds are particularly objectionable.
Nodular lumps of pyrites and crystals of selenite are of frequent occurrence.

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