Pyrite Minerals
Name and Composition - Iron sulphide (also called Fool's Gold): FeS2.
Physical Properties - Generally occurs as bronze yellow to pale brass yellow coloured cubes or pentagonal/dodecahedral crystals having striated faces. Lusture is metallic, streak is greenish black or brownish black, hardness: 6-6.5; sp.gr. 4.8-5.1.
Mode of Occurrence - Pyrite is generally found associated with basemetals as syn-sedimentary deposits. In saladipura, it is also of the same nature (syn-sedimentary).
Uses - Used in raw form as alkaline soil conditioner, for manufacturing of sulphuric acid, in iron & steel, chemical (for carbon disulphide and dye stuff), explosive, paper, pesticide, sugar etc. industries.
Mineral based Industries – None in the state.
Industrial Prospects – Sulphuric acid manufacturing plants, fertilizer plants, chemical plants, pulverisers etc.
Physical Properties
Hardness
Sp. gr.
Luster
Density
Solubility
Sp. gr.
Luster
Density
Solubility
6 to 6.5
4.8 to 5.1
Metallic, glistening
4.8–5 g/cm3
Insoluble in water
4.8 to 5.1
Metallic, glistening
4.8–5 g/cm3
Insoluble in water
Chemical Properties
Chemical Formula
Formula mass
Complexity
Formula mass
Complexity
FeS2
119.98 g/mol
18.3
119.98 g/mol
18.3
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