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Name: Pyrite RRUFF ID: R100166 Ideal Chemistry: FeS2 Locality: Boston Consolidated mine, Bingham Canyon, 20 mi SSW of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Source: Harvard microprobe standard, Mineralogical Museum, Harvard University 87957 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brass-yellow pyritohedron Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
Mineral Group: [ Pyrite (16) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Pyrite samples (5) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R100166.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.415(1)Å b: 5.415(1)Å c: 5.415(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 158.75(2)Å3 Crystal System: cubic |
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REFERENCES for Pyrite | |
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Barkov A Y, Laajoki K V O, Men'shikov Y P, Alapieti T T, Sivonen S J (1997) First terrestrial occurrence of titanium-rich pyrrhotite, marcasite and pyrite in a fenitized xenolith from the Khibina alkaline complex, Russia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 875-885 [view file] |
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Liu S, Li Y, Liu J, Shi Y (2015) First-principles study of sulfur isotope fractionation in pyrite-type disulfides, American Mineralogist, 100, 203-208 |
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Yuan X, Zheng H (2015) In situ Raman spectroscopic studies of FeS2 pyrite up to 675 K and 2100 MPa using a hydrothermal diamond anvil cell, Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 1-10 |
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Swanner E D, Webb S M, Kappler A (2019) Fate of cobalt and nickel in mackinawite during diagenetic pyrite formation, American Mineralogist, 104, 917-928 |
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Stepanov A S, Danyushevsky L V, Large R R, Mukherjee I, Zhukova I A (2020) Deconvolution of the composition of fine-grained pyrite in sedimentary matrix by regression of time-resolved LA-ICP-MS data, American Mineralogist, 105, 820-832 |
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