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| Name: | Pyrite Py |
| Specimens in Collection: |  #23: Siderite / Chalcopyrite Bijie,Hezhang County,Guizhou,China  #64: Chalcopyrite Morocco  #80: Arsenopyrite / Sulphur China  #95: Bornite / Chalcopyrite Lubin Mine, Poland  #139: Beryl var. Emerald / Pyrite Afghanistan  #143: Fluorite / Pyrite / Quartz  #144: Fluorite / Pyrite / Quartz  #190: Pyrite  #191: Pyrite  #192: Pyrite Peru  #214: Quartz, Galena, Sphalerite, Cerrusite/Anglesite, Chalcopyrite Bulgaria  #324: Limonite / Hematite ps. after Marcasite / Pyrite White Desert, Farafra, Egypt  #358: Rhodochrosite / Pyrite Casapalca, Peru  #384: Pyrite  #501: Chalcopyrite Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, USA  #547: Pyrite Valdeperillo, Cornago, La Rioja, Spain  #617: Pyrite Navajun, Spain  #635: Chalcopyrite / Calcite Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA  #638: Pyrite Las Minas, Vera Cruz, Mexico  #700: Pyrite Ammonite Le Clapier, Aveyron, France  #731: Galena / Pyrite Zacatecas, Mexico  #819: Quartz / Sphalerite / Pyrite Jiangxi, China  #955: Quartz / Hematite / Pyrite Fujian, China  #993: Pyrite / Coral Waldron Shale, Sellersburg, Clark County, Indiana, USA  #1145: Pyrite (Large Cube) Navajún, La Rioja, Spain  #1146: Pyrite (Small Cube) Navajún, La Rioja, Spain  #1180: Pyrite Peru  #1243: Ankerite / Chalcopyrite Cerro Blanco Mine, Atacama Province, Chile  #1249: Pyrite Rio delle Ossa, Italy  #1263: Calcite / Galena / Pyrite Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru  #1268: Boulangerite / Pyrite / Sphalerite Trepca, Kosovo  #1270: Valentinite / Pyrite San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia  #1425: Fluorite / Quartz / Pyrite Huanzala Mine, Peru  #1462: Pyrite Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru  #1466: Pyrite Concretion Volga River, Russia  #1495: Fluorite / Pyrite / Galena Milpo mine, Atacocha mining district, Cerro de Pasco, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru  #1500: Quartz / Hematite / Pyrite Fujian, China |
| IMA Chemistry: | FeS2 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Pyrite contains elements: Iron (Fe) Sulfur (S) |
| Country of Type Locality: | unknown |
| Year First Published: | 0 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication |
| Structural Group Name: | Pyrite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | pyrite |
| Crystal Systems: | cubic|triclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 4000 Million Years Ago |
| More Info: | Search Wikipedia: Pyrite (Wiki) Search Mindat: Pyrite Search Web Mineral DB: Pyrite |
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