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pyrite
Summary
pyrite is a mineral species[1]. pyrite ranks in the top 0.35% of mineral_species entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,349 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 point group is recorded as cubic-diploidal[17].
- pyrite's space group is recorded as space group Pa-3[18].
- pyrite's Strunz 8th edition is recorded as II/C.05[19].
- pyrite's Nickel-Strunz 9th edition is recorded as 2.EB.05a[20].
- pyrite's Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of is recorded as 2.EB.05a[21].
- pyrite's Mohs' hardness is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}[22].
- pyrite's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
- pyrite's described by source is recorded as On Stones[24].
- pyrite's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
- pyrite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
- pyrite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[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 (36,349 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 56 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].