About Pyrrhotite
Iron sulfide, typically bronze-yellow and often magnetic. It's a grounding and protective stone, believed to enhance perception and clear energetic blockages.
Primary Hues
Bronze-Yellow, Brownish-Bronze, Tarnishes dark brown, weakly to strongly magnetic, often massive or tabular hexagonal crystals
Geological & Scientific Details
Pyrrhotite is classified as a minerals mineral which typically crystallizes in the monoclinic, with hexagonal polytypes system. Its chemical formula is Fe1−xS (x = 0 to 0.125). Common crystal habits include tabular or prismatic in hexagonal prisms; massive to granular.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Minerals
- Chemical Formula: Fe1−xS (x = 0 to 0.125)
- IMA Symbol: Pyh[1]
- Crystal System: Monoclinic, with hexagonal polytypes
- Predominant Geological Color: Bronze, dark brown
- Crystal Habit: Tabular or prismatic in hexagonal prisms; massive to granular
- Cleavage: Absent
- Luster: Metallic
- Streak: Dark grey – black