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Pyrite
Iron sulfide
FeS2


Pyrite in the East Region

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Pyrite in the Front Range Region

Pyrite in the Northwest Region

Pyrite in the South Central Region

Pyrite in the Southwest Region

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Pyrite crystal group from the Eagle Mine in Gilman. 3.5 x 3cm.
Photo courtesy of ARCH Minerals.

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A bright, golden, complex 2 cm pyrite crystal, centered nicely in a nest of gem-clear quartz points and accented by sharp, tiny gem rhodochrosite crystals scattered throughout the matrix. From the Sulfide Pocket, Sweet Home Mine. Measures 7 x 7 x 3 cm.
Photo courtesy of The Arkenstone.

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Pyrite cube on matrix with fluorite crystals in various shades of green and lavender. The pyrite measures 3 x 2 cm. Specimen measures 7 x 6.5 cm. From the Climax Mine in Lake Co.
Photo courtesy of The Mineral Gallery.

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