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 formations from sedimentary deposits to hydrothermal veins and as a constituent of metamorphic rocks.

Named for the principal species in the group - pyrite.

Abstract Pyrite occurs in many types of ore deposits. Although opaque to visible light, some pyrite samples... sections of pyrite from 64 deposits worldwide were examined using an infrared microscope. Pyrite transparency... temperature, gradually became opaque upon heating.

Sedimentary, magmatic, metamorphic, and hydrothermal deposits. Common world wide. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. From the Greek, pyrites lithos, "stone which strikes fire," in allusion to the sparking produced when iron is struck by a lump of pyrite.

A gold-bearing variety of pyrite. Possibly a mixture of pyrite with submicroscopic native gold inclusions.

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Pyrite Huanzala Mine, Huanzala, Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash, Peru

2024年10月12日 · Photo added to mindat.org “ From the relatively recent find (2023) made east of the Shibirghan District in Afghanistan, this specimen is a complete floater composed of numerous intergrown cubic Pyrite crystals, without matrix or point of attachment.

Pyrite is a signifant mineral source for sulfur. It is not used as an ore for iron because of the difficulty of separating the iron from the sulfur. The sample at right is pyrite forming with calcite .

California; Los Angeles County; Acton District; Acton; Monte Cristo Canyon ⓘ Monte Cristo Mine (West Vein lease) (2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey. Agoura Hills ⓘ Canwood Mall excavation dump Houseley, Bob (2013) ⓘ Canwood St construction site 2014 M.Chorazewicz collection ⓘ Canwood Street site DeVito, A. N. (1997), …