Materials

Pyrite

Also Known As Fool's Gold

Mineral

Citation Formats

General Reference

Earth and Environment Atlas. "Pyrite." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/pyrite.

APA Style

Earth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). Pyrite. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/pyrite

BibTeX

@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-pyrite,
  author = {Earth and Environment Atlas},
  title = {Pyrite},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/pyrite},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

An iron sulfide mineral whose brassy, metallic luster has led prospectors to mistake it for gold for centuries, hence its common nickname. Unlike gold it is brittle and far harder.

Facts

Kind

Mineral 1

Formation Class

Sulfide mineral 1

Chemical Formula

FeS2, iron disulfide 1

Hardness (Mohs)

6.5 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Discipline

Mineralogy

Source Mineral (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Mineral (Wikipedia)

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