Pyrite Cubes - Rocks & Minerals - Earth Science/Geology


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Pyrite Cube
PYR-100

ca. 2.5 cm, 1.0" per side, 90 g

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Pyrite in Matrix
PYR-125

ca. 1 cm cube in a 2 x 3 cm matrix, 35 g

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Large Specimen of Pyrite Cubes in a Matrix - Availability may be limited.
PYR-132

(10 x 10 x 12 cm, 921 g) Contains over 10 pyrite cubes of various sizes

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Iron Pyrite is commonly called "fool's gold" because it has a warm yellow color and glitters and sparkles like gold. Formed over 100 million years ago by sulfur reacting with iron, these cubic specimens of FeS₂ are still being found in the sedimentary limestone and sandstone of the Navajan region of Spain.

Common tests to distinguish iron pyrite from gold:
• Gold does not form a cubic crystal
• Gold is very soft and will bend or break when stabbed with a straight pin; the much harder pyrite will not.
• Gold is not attracted to a magnet; pyrite is.

Bismuth Crystal

Great for teaching about crystals, states of matter or even as a gift!

Calcite Crystal - Iceland Spar

If you look at the words on a printed page through this crystal, you see double.

Magnetic Lodestone

Lodestone is a natural magnet that will attract objects such as staples, iron filings and needles.

Ulexite - "Television Stone"

When the polished bottom surface is placed upon a printed page, the words can be read on the top surface, giving the appearance of a television screen.