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Pyrite is a common mineral made of iron and sulfur (with the chemical formula FeS2) that is sometimes mistaken for gold because of its metallic shine, earning it the nickname "Fool's Gold." It is the most abundant sulfide mineral found in the Earth's crust, making it geologically significant and useful in various industrial applications.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Pyrite
- Mineral.category
- Sulfide mineral
- Mineral.image
- Pyrite - Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi, Ancash, Peru.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.caption
- Intergrowth of lustrous, cubic crystals of pyrite, with some surfaces showing characteristic striations, from Huanzala mine, Ancash, Peru. Specimen size: 7.0 × 5.0 × 2.5 cm
- Mineral.formula
- FeS2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Py
- Mineral.molweight
- 119.98 g/mol
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.EB.05a
- Mineral.dana
- 2.12.1.1
- Mineral.system
- Cubic
- Mineral.class
- Diploidal (m) H-M symbol: (2/m )
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pa
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 5.417 Å, Z = 4
- Mineral.color
- Pale brass-yellow reflective; tarnishes darker and iridescent
- Mineral.habit
- Cubic, faces may be striated, but also frequently octahedral and pyritohedral. Often inter-grown, massive, radiated, granular, globular, and stalactitic.
- Mineral.twinning
- Penetration and contact twinning
- Mineral.cleavage
- Indistinct on {001}; partings on {011} and {111}
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- sulfide class of minerals
- Has part
- ferrous disulfide
- Named after
- fire
- Image
- Pyrite - Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi, Ancash, Peru.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.EB.05a
- Commons category
- Pyrite
- streak color
- black
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- chemical formula
- FeS₂
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.EB.05a
- Mohs' hardness
- 6
- color
- gold
- decomposition point
- 743
- density
- 5.025
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Py
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/C.05
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