The pyrite group of minerals is a set of
cubic crystal system
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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.
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The mineral pyrite (), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Iron, FeSulfur, S2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral.
Pyrite's metallic Luster (mineralogy), lust ...
(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 minerals
Pyrite-group minerals include:[
* Aurostibite
* ]Cattierite
Cattierite (CoS2) is a cobalt sulfide mineral found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was discovered together with the nickel sulfide vaesite by Johannes F. Vaes, a Belgian mineralologist and named after Felicien Cattier, who was chairman o ...
* Dzharkenite
* Erlichmanite
Erlichmanite is the naturally occurring mineral form of osmium sulfide (OsS2). It is grey with a metallic luster, hardness around 5, and specific gravity about 9. It is found in noble metal placer deposit
In geology, a placer deposit or placer ...
* Fukuchilite
* Gaotaiite
* Geversite
* Hauerite
* Insizwaite
* Krut'aite
* Krutovite
* Laurite
* Penroseite
* Pyrite
The mineral pyrite (), or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Iron, FeSulfur, S2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral.
Pyrite's metallic Luster (mineralogy), lust ...
* Sperrylite
* Trogtalite
* Vaesite
* Villamanínite
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