Physical features
1. Color- Brassy- yellow.
2. Streak- Greenish black.
3. Luster- Shiny metallic.
4. Cleavage- Poor.
5. Transparency- Opaque crystals.
6. Fracture- Conchoidal.
7. Hardness- 6 to 6.5 .
8. Forms- Cubes, pytitohedrons often intergrown.
Pyrite is well known as fool's gold. Prospector's actually thought they had found gold, but it turned out to be the mineral pyrite. There are many varieties of pyrite, and they are the most common of the sulfide group. Pyrite has a beautiful shiny metallic luster. This mineral has been used to produce sulfur, sulfuric acid, and iron. Most occurrences are found in nodules all over the earth's crust. Pyrite was named after the Greek word for fire and if hit with steel can cause sparks. Quartz, calcite, gold,galena and many other minerals can be associated with pyrite.
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