About Pyrite
An iron sulfide mineral with a pale brass-yellow hue and metallic luster, famously known as 'Fool's Gold.' It's a strong protective stone, associated with attracting abundance, willpower, and stimulating intellect.
Primary Hues
Pale Brass-Yellow, Metallic luster
Geological & Scientific Details
Pyrite is classified as a sulfide mineral mineral which typically crystallizes in the cubic system. Its chemical formula is FeS2. Common crystal habits include cubic, faces may be striated, but also frequently octahedral and pyritohedral. often inter-grown, massive, radiated, granular, globular, and stalactitic..
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Sulfide mineral
- Chemical Formula: FeS2
- IMA Symbol: Py[1]
- Crystal System: Cubic
- Formula Mass (g/mol): 119.98 g/mol
- Predominant Geological Color: Pale brass-yellow reflective; tarnishes darker and iridescent
- Crystal Habit: Cubic, faces may be striated, but also frequently octahedral and pyritohedral. Often inter-grown, massive, radiated, granular, globular, and stalactitic.
- Twinning: Penetration and contact twinning
- Cleavage: Indistinct on {001}; partings on {011} and {111}
- Luster: Metallic, glistening
- Streak: Greenish-black to brownish-black
- Diaphaneity: Opaque