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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-
