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Mindat Short Description

Pyrite Group.

The isometric (cubic) polymorph of orthorhombic marcasite. Compare UM1997-43-S:Fe.

Pyrite is a very common mineral (also one of the most common natural sulfides, and the most common disulfide), found in a wide variety of geological ...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

FeS₂

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

Fe²⁺(S₂)^2-

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/pyrite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Pyrite.shtml