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Pyrite

Pyrite FeS₂ is a mineral from the sulfide group,It's a common mineral found worldwide,It occurs in Sedimentary,Metamorphic,Magmatic and Hydrothermal deposits.It is used as a minor source of Sulfur or Iron,also in Marcasite jewelery.


Pyrite has the following properties:

1.Hardness:6-6.5 on the Moh Scale

2.Color:Brassy Yellow

3.Specific Gravity:4.9-5.1

4.Cleavage:None or indistinct.

5.Habit:Many crystal habits such as (Cubic,massive,octahedral,pyritohedron,intergrown,globular,radiated,stalctitic,granular).

6.Fracture:Uneven,Sometimes conchoidal.

7.Luster:Metallic.

8.Streak:Greenish-black

Some other properties that Pyrite shows are:

A.Solubility:Insoluble in water.
B.Diaphaneity:Opaque.
C.Tenacity:Brittle.
D.Crystal system:Isometric.
E.Twinning:Contact and Penetration twinning.
F.Paramagnetism(Occurs only when an external magnetic field is applied).