Pyrite

**Chemical composition:** FeS₂

**Hardness:** 6‒6.5

**Density:** 10.6 g/cm³

**Crystal system:** Cubic (Isometric)

**Luster:** Metalic

**Info:** Pyrite is a very common mineral and important ore of iron. It is also known as a fool's gold due to its pale brass-yellow hue colour. Pyrite is usually associated with other sulfides or oxides in quartz veins, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, as well as in coal beds.

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