pyrite

Summary

pyrite is a mineral species^[1]. pyrite ranks in the top 0.35% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,067 views/month, #5 of 1,431).^[2]

Key Facts

• pyrite's instance of is recorded as mineral species^[3].
• fire is named after pyrite^[4].
• pyrite's chemical formula is recorded as FeS₂^[5].
• pyrite is a type of pyrite mineral group^[6].
• pyrite is a type of pyrite structural group^[7].
• pyrite is a type of sulfide class of minerals^[8].
• pyrite's Commons category is recorded as Pyrite^[9].
• pyrite's color is recorded as copper^[10].
• pyrite's color is recorded as gold^[11].
• pyrite comprises ferrous disulfide^[12].
• pyrite's streak color is recorded as black^[13].
• pyrite's twinning is recorded as penetration twin^[14].
• pyrite's crystal system is recorded as cubic crystal system^[15].
• pyrite's IMA status and/or rank is recorded as grandfathered mineral (G)^[16].
• pyrite's space group is recorded as space group Pa-3^[17].
• pyrite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as II/C.05^[18].
• pyrite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 2.EB.05a^[19].
• pyrite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 2.EB.05a^[20].
• pyrite's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}^[21].
• pyrite's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• pyrite's described by source is recorded as On Stones^[23].
• pyrite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• pyrite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• pyrite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9^[26].
• pyrite's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for pyrite include chalcopyrite^[28], a mineral species^[29]; marcasite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; arsenopyrite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; pyritohedron^[34]; and argentopyrite^[35], a mineral species^[36].

Why It Matters

pyrite ranks in the top 0.35% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,067 views/month, #5 of 1,431).^[2] pyrite has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] pyrite is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for pyrite include chalcopyrite^[28], a mineral species^[29]; marcasite^[30], a mineral species^[31]; arsenopyrite^[32], a mineral species^[33]; pyritohedron^[34]; and argentopyrite^[35], a mineral species^[36].