The pyrite group of minerals is a set of cubic crystal system minerals with diploidal structure. Each metallic element is bonded to six "dumbbell" pairs of non-metallic elements and each "dumbbell" pair is bonded to six metal atoms.[1][2]
The group is named for its most common member, pyrite (fool's gold), which is sometimes explicitly distinguished from the group's other members as iron pyrite.
Pyrrhotite (magnetic pyrite) is magnetic, and is composed of iron and sulfur, but it has a different structure and is not in the pyrite group.
^Pyrite group on Mindat.org
^Malcolm E. Back (2014). Fleischer's Glossary of Mineral Species (11 ed.). p. 382.
The pyritegroup of minerals is a set of cubic crystal system minerals with diploidal structure. Each metallic element is bonded to six "dumbbell" pairs...
The mineral pyrite (/ˈpaɪraɪt/ PY-ryte), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron (II) disulfide)...
Aurostibite is an isometric gold antimonide mineral which is a member of the pyritegroup. Aurostibite was discovered in 1952 and can be found in hydrothermal...
sulfur atoms in pyrite occur in pairs with clear S-S bonds. It occurs with pyrite, chalcopyrite and members of the linnaeite – polydymite group in ore deposits...
tin white mineral which crystallizes in the isometric system with the pyritegroup structure. It forms cubic, octahedral or pyritohedral crystals in addition...
named after Johannes F. Vaes, a Belgian mineralogist. It is part of the pyritegroup. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical...
known as troilite. Pyrrhotite is also called magnetic pyrite, because the color is similar to pyrite and it is weakly magnetic. The magnetism decreases as...
historically referred to as "yellow copper". Chalcopyrite is often confused with pyrite and gold since all three of these minerals have a yellowish color and a...
formula MnS2. It forms reddish brown or black octahedral crystals with the pyrite structure and it is usually found associated with the sulfides of other...
the intersection points of small masses of barite, covellite, gypsum and pyrite, and is mostly found in the Hanawa mine in the Akita prefecture of Honshū...
crystallography, the dyakis dodecahedron only exists in one crystal, which is pyrite. Pyrite has other forms other than the dyakis dodecahedron, including tetrahedra...
formula: RuS2. It crystallizes in the isometric system. It is in the pyrite structural group. Though it's been found in many localities worldwide, it is extremely...
Arsenopyrite is generally an acid-consuming sulfide mineral, unlike iron pyrite which can lead to acid mine drainage.[citation needed] The crystal habit...
using cut and polished pieces of pyrite (fool's gold) as gemstone, and not, as the name suggests, from marcasite. Both pyrite and marcasite are chemically...
disputed by Petrov. Associated minerals include metavivianite, ludlamite, pyrite, siderite and pyrrhotite. Hydrothermal veins produce the best crystal specimens...
sulphate attack sourced from framboidal pyrite within the aggregate, as evidenced from both presence of framboidal pyrite and elevated sulphate content. The...
It is considered as a member of the pyritegroup from the perspective of its structure, with a cubic space group (Bayliss, 1989). Penroseite makes extensive...
Crystal system Cubic Crystal class Tetartoidal (23) Space group Isometric H-M symbol: (23) Space group: P213 Unit cell 5.79 Å; Z = 4 Identification Color grayish...
"white iron pyrite", is iron sulfide (FeS2) with orthorhombic crystal structure. It is physically and crystallographically distinct from pyrite, which is...
pentagonal faces are not regular: The pyritohedron, a common crystal form in pyrite, has pyritohedral symmetry, while the tetartoid has tetrahedral symmetry...
glance (Cu2S), malachite (Cu(OH)2CuCO3), and azurite (Cu(OH)22CuCO3). Copper pyrite is the principal ore, and yields nearly 76% of the world production of copper...
formula CoSe2. It crystallizes in the cubic system and is part of the pyritegroup, consisting of Co2+ and Se22− ions. It has a rose-violet colour and its...
sulfides with the generic AX2 formula; these two groups are collectively known as the pyrite and marcasite groups. Polymorphism can extend beyond pure symmetry...
also be associated with arsenopyrite (FeAsS), which is similar to iron pyrite (fool's gold), wherein half of the sulfur atoms are replaced by arsenic...
from deposits of this mineral. Galena belongs to the octahedral sulfide group of minerals that have metal ions in octahedral positions, such as the iron...
3D semiconductor. In contrast to classical metal dichalcogenides, iron pyrite, a common mineral, is usually described as consisting of Fe2+ and the persulfido...
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