Item talk:Q162517
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Mindat Short Description
Marcasite Group.
The orthorhombic polymorph of isometric (cubic) pyrite. A common natural disulfide. Compare UM1997-43-S:Fe.
Crystals common, metallic pale brass-yellow colored, tabular or pyramidal, often with curved faces and often deeply stria...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication. For example: Hill J (1751) Of vitriolic minerals. in A History of the Materia Medica, Longman, Hitch and Hawes (London) 140-147
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
FeS2
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
FeS2
