Pyrite Collection

Aztec / Mixtec. 15th-16th C. From Mexico. The skull of the smo
Mexica/Mixtec. 15th-16th C. From Mexico. The skull of the smoking mirror. Turquoise, lignite and pyrite. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Plate 6a from Histoire naturelle? (1789)
Plate 6a, Histoire Naturel Des Mineraux, from Histoire naturelle: ou, Exposition des morceaux, les mieux choisis pour servir? (1789) by by Swebach Desfontaines

Chalcopyrite or copper pyrite comprises of (copper iron sulphide). It is a common mineral and is found in almost all sulphide deposits. Specimen from Wheal Towan, Cornwall

Arsenopyrite
Specimen number BM 20204, from the Virtuous Lady Mine, Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England

Pyrite, Fools Gold
Regular, cube-shaped crystals look as if they ve been polished but are formed like this within rock cavities. Pyrite comprises of (iron sulphide)

Fluorite, pale green octahedron
With calcite, galena and pyrite. Its properties include fluorescence and cubed crystals. Specimen from Glengowla East mine, Oughterard, Co. Galway, Eire

Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite or copper pyrite comprises of (copper iron sulphide). Its a common mineral and found in almost all sulphide deposits

Concretions

Centipede in Baltic amber
Centipede, Chilopoda in Baltic amber. The centipede has been half polished away and is filled with pyrite crystals

Pyrite specimen

Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan
Polished slab of lapis lazuli containing some brassy-coloured pyrite. Lapis lazuli (sodium calcium aluminum silicate sulphur sulphate) is a rich blue opaque, semi-precious stone

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