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Pyrite (3933 bytes)
3: !colspan=2 align=center | Pyrite
5: ...50pix.jpg|center|thumb|200px|A mass of interwoven pyrite crystals, 11 cm (4.0 in) long.]]
45: ...imes be found in pyrite. In fact, some auriferous pyrite is a very valuable [[ore]] of gold, and others ar...
47: ...s, and as the replacement mineral in [[fossil]]s. Pyrites, interestingly, can show [[negative resistance]]...
49: ...This is likely due to the sparks that result when pyrite is struck against [[steel]]. This capacity made i...

Marcasite (2005 bytes)
1: [[image:pyrite sun.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A marcasite "dollar"]]
3: ...system, thereby making it a separate [[mineral]]. Pyrite used as a [[gem]] is improperly termed marcasite....
5: ...l alteration of a primary mineral such as [[chalcopyrite]]. On fresh surfaces it is pale yellow to almost ...
7: ...s remain unaffected. When a specimen goes through pyrite decay, the [[sulfur]] [[atom]]s free themselves a...

Copper sulfide (1708 bytes)
12: ...pyrite is metallic. By contrast the [[mineral]] [[pyrite]] FeS<sub>2</sub> consists of Fe<sup>2+</sup> ion...

Telluride (disambiguation) (235 bytes)
4: ...re of gold and silver, similar in appearance to [[pyrite]].

Iron(II) sulfate (1240 bytes)
1: ...elanterite (a mineral that commonly occurs with [[pyrite]]). Iron(II) sulfate has a blue-green color, [[mo...
3: ... sulfate is prepared commercially by oxidation of pyrite or by treating [[iron]] with [[sulfuric acid]]. I...

Cobaltite (355 bytes)
1: ...f CoAsS and FeAsS. Chemically it resembles [[Iron pyrite]] (FeS<sub>2</sub>) with one of the [[Sulfur]] at...

Orre (2605 bytes)
7: ===Pyrite Town===
10: A secret underground town under Pyrite Town. It is a hideout for Team Snagem, where you ...
24: *Pyrite Colosseum

Chalcogen (1936 bytes)
9: ...mmon as minerals. For example, FeS<sub>2</sub> ([[pyrite]]) is an iron ore and AuTe<sub>2</sub> gave its n...
11: ...-2 in a chalcogenide but other values (e.g. -1 in pyrite) can be attained.

Pseudo-fossils (738 bytes)
1: ...ly misinterpreted as fossils of [[vegetation]]. [[Pyrite]] disks or spindles are sometimes mistaken for fo...

Fes (2387 bytes)
23: See also: [[Pyrite|Pyrite (FeS<sub>2</sub>)]], [[Functional electrical stim...

Pyrrhotite (2532 bytes)
47: ...gnetic [[pyrite]] because the color is similar to pyrite and it is weakly magnetic, the [[magnetism]] incr...
53: ...us rocks associated with [[pentlandite]], [[chalcopyrite]] and other sulfides. It also occurrs in [[pegmat...

Biogeology (892 bytes)
3: ... for the formation of some [[minerals]] such as [[pyrite]] and can concentrate economically important [[me...

Lustre (984 bytes)
3: ...]] is said to have an ''adamantine'' lustre and [[pyrite]] is said to have a ''metallic'' lustre.

Smaltite (1029 bytes)
1: ...bic system with the same hemihedral symmetry as [[pyrite]]; [[crystal]]s have usually the form of cubes or...

Calamita (891 bytes)
9: ...mita iron mine, abandoned since [[1981]], where [[pyrite]] nuggets can still be found.

Wheellock (3134 bytes)
3: ...ased and would spin rapidly, scraping against the pyrite. This generated sparks that fell into the primin...

Acidithiobacillus (1605 bytes)
19: * ''Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans'' lives in [[pyrite]] deposits, metabolizing [[iron]] and [[sulfur]] ...

Crystal habit (5036 bytes)
3: ...essed, radiating manner. Under normal conditions, pyrite would form cubes or pyritohedrons.]]
126: |[[Pyrite]] suns

Cubic (crystal system) (1376 bytes)
37: |[[pyrite]]

Sphalerite (1507 bytes)
3: ...n association with [[galena (mineral)|galena]], [[pyrite]], and other sulfides along with [[calcite]], [[d...

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