Pyrite
UNB-2017-0163Minerals » Sulphides
Description
Sample is of brass-yellow cubic almost fibrous subhedral crystals of Pyrite with visible striations on the crystal faces.
Pyrite (FeS2) can be pale yellow or brass-yellow and is often tarnished with brown or black film. Lustre is usually metallic but can be iridescent and streak is greenish-black. Hardness is 6 to 6 1/2. Pyrite usually occurs as cubes and pyritohedrons that have parallel striations along the crystal faces. Pyrite can also occurs as octahedrons, nodules, massive forms, fine to coarse-grained and stalactitic.
Nanisivick Mine; Lead-Zinc Mine, with the main commodities being Lead, Zinc and Silver. MVT Mine, that is hosted in carbonate rock. Precambrian in age.
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Specifications
| Object name | Pyrite |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0163 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Mineral |
| Classification | Mineral group: Sulphides |
| Composition |
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| Origin | Nunavut, Canada |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.