Pyrite
Mineral Group: SULFIDES
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| Pyrite is know as Fool's
Gold because it fools people into thinking it is gold. One interesting fact is that pyrite gives off a spark when struck with a hard object. Pyrite crystals have many different shapes or structures. |
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| PYRITE FROM NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA |
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  SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Newfoundland, CANADA |
 SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Nugget Pond Gold Mine, Snooks Arm, Newfoundland, CANADA |
  SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Newfoundland, CANADA |
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  SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Newfoundland, CANADA |
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 SPECIMEN: Pyrite in calcite rhomb SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Marmora, Ontario, CANADA |
 SPECIMEN: Pyrite "Dollar" SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, USA |
 SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Rio Marina, Island of Elba, ITALY |
 SPECIMEN: Pyritohedrons SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Duff Quarry, Huntsville, Ohio, USA |
 SPECIMEN: Pyrite, Epidote, Massive Garnet SPECIMEN ORIGIN: |
 SPECIMEN: SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Loltronos, SPAIN |
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 SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Logrono, SPAIN |
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 SPECIMEN: Pyrite cubes in talc SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Madoc, Ontario, CANADA |
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| SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Zacatecas, MEXICO |
SPECIMEN: Pyrite Ring or Wreath SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Pyrite Mine, Liouzhou City, Guang XI, CHINA |
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SPECIMEN: Pyrite Balls SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Kettle Point, Lake Huron, Ontario, CANADA |
SPECIMEN: Pyrite Nodule PECIMEN ORIGIN: Schohairie, New York, USA |
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SPECIMEN: Pyratized Brachiopod (Parispirifer
Bownockeri), Silica shale, M. Devonian SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Sylvania, Ohio, USA |
SPECIMEN: Pyrite cubes SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Glendon, South Carolina, USA |
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SPECIMEN: Pyratized Fossils SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Spring Creek, Alden, New York, USA |
SPECIMEN: Pyrite Crystals SPECIMEN ORIGIN: I-30 Road Cut, Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, USA |
| SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Quiruvilca, PERU |
SPECIMEN: Pyrite with Marcasite and
Sphalerite SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Nanisivik Mine, Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, CANADA |
| SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Vinitrov, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
SPECIMEN: Pyrite in Pyropholite SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Glendon, North Carolina, USA |
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SPECIMEN: Pyrite crystal cluster SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Chibougamau, Quebec, CANADA |
SPECIMEN: Pyrite /marcasite SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Texas Cement Quarry, Midlothian, Texas, USA |
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SPECIMEN: Pyrite & Sphalerite SPECIMEN ORIGIN: La Libertad Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Dept. PERU |
SPECIMEN: Pyrite cluster SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Arlbern Pass, Western AUSTRIA |
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SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Seaway Sand & Gravel,
Lucas City, Ohio, USA
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SPECIMEN: Pyrite cluster SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Quiruvilca, PERU |
