Pyrite [ FeS2 ]
Images of Pyrite
Material properties
| Formula | FeS2 |
| Abbreviation | Py |
| Variant | synthetic |
| Classification | Pyrite (group) |
| Luminescence emitter | Unspecified |
| Spectra | Luminescence (1), SXES (1) |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), antiquity |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Related materials | Marcasite |
| Crystal symmetry | Cubic, Point group m3, Space group Pa3 (#205) |
| Tags | Mineral, Synthetic, Sulphide |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Fe | 1 |
| S | 2 |
| Total: | 3 |
References for Pyrite
|
Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSIRO SXES database | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| MacRae et al. 2020 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Moenke 1974 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Specimens of Pyrite
| Name | Owner | Materials | Image | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FeS2 Hyper2-18 | CSIRO | Pyrite | 1 | SXES | |
| S-20-004 ZnS-Calcite | CSIRO | Anhydrite, synthetic, Pyrite, synthetic, Zinc sulphide, synthetic | 2 | CL |
