Pyrite : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Pyrite [ FeS₂ ]

Images of Pyrite

CL image of in specimen 'S-20-004 ZnS-Calcite' (CSIRO).

SXES spectrum of Pyrite

(C) 2016 CSIRO Mineral Resources

Cubic crystals of pyrite (7.0 × 5.0 × 2.5 cm). Found from Huanzala mine, Huallanca, Bolognesi, Ancash, Peru

Photo by Ivar Leidus (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 4.0

CL spectrum of Pyrite

(C) 2023 CSIRO Mineral Resources

Material properties

Formula	FeS₂
Abbreviation	Py
IMA Status	Grandfathered (pre-IMA), antiquity
Crystal symmetry	Cubic, Point group m3, Space group Pa3 (#205)
Classification	Pyrite (group)
Variant	synthetic
Related materials	Marcasite
Reflectance line	Unspecified
Spectra	Luminescence (1), SXES (1)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags	Mineral, Sulphide, Synthetic

Composition

Element	Atoms
Fe	1
S	2
Total:	3

References for Pyrite

CSIRO SXES database

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MacRae et al. 2020

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CSIRO spectra 2015 (Noril'sk-Kharelakh)

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Specimens of Pyrite

Name	Owner	Materials	Phase purity	Image	Spectra	Techniques
M2581 Arsenopyrite	CSIRO	Arsenopyrite, Dolomite, Muscovite-1M, Pyrite (3.0%), Quartz, Siderite	3.0	M2581 Arsenopyrite Image of Arsenopyrite with Dolomite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz and Siderite in specimen 'M2581 Arsenopyrite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0395 Bournonite	CSIRO	Anglesite, Bournonite, Calcite, Galena, Pyrite (2.9%), Quartz, Robinsonite, Siderite	2.9	M0395 Bournonite Image of Siderite, Anglesite, Bournonite, Calcite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz and Robinsonite in specimen 'M0395 Bournonite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
MES112 Hedenbergite	CSIRO	Hedenbergite, Pyrite (2.5%), Quartz	2.5	MES112 Hedenbergite Image of Hedenbergite, Pyrite and Quartz in specimen 'MES112 Hedenbergite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0852 Rhodochrosite	CSIRO	Pyrite (2.4%), Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite	2.4	M0852 Rhodochrosite Image of specimen 'M0852 Rhodochrosite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2773 Chalcopyrite	CSIRO	Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Pyrite (2.3%)	2.3	M2773 Chalcopyrite Image of Chalcopyrite, Jarosite and Pyrite in specimen 'M2773 Chalcopyrite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2356 Pyrrhotite	CSIRO	Pyrite (2.0%), Pyrrhotite, Pyrrhotite-4M, Pyrrhotite-5C, Siderite (var. Mg), Sulfur	2.0	M2356 Pyrrhotite Image of specimen 'M2356 Pyrrhotite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M0289 Pyrrhotite	CSIRO	Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite (1.8%), Pyrrhotite-4M, Quartz	1.8	M0289 Pyrrhotite Image of Pyrrhotite-4M, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite and Quartz in specimen 'M0289 Pyrrhotite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2025 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2096 Scheelite	CSIRO	Ankerite, Arsenopyrite, Fluorapatite, Muscovite-2M1, Pyrite (1.8%), Quartz, Scheelite	1.8	M2096 Scheelite Image of specimen 'M2096 Scheelite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M1855 Chalcopyrite	CSIRO	Chalcopyrite, Clinochlore (var. Fe), Fluorite, Jarosite, Pyrite (1.5%), Quartz	1.5	M1855 Chalcopyrite Image of specimen 'M1855 Chalcopyrite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
M2780 Chalcopyrite	CSIRO	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Jarosite, Pyrite (1.4%), Siderite	1.4	M2780 Chalcopyrite Image of Chalcopyrite, Arsenopyrite, Jarosite, Pyrite and Siderite in specimen 'M2780 Chalcopyrite' [CSIRO]. (C) 2026 CSIRO Mineral Resources. All rights reserved.	0	—
FeS2 Hyper2-18	CSIRO	Pyrite	—		1	SXES
KH-2	CSIRO	Amphibole, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chlorapatite, Enstatite, Forsterite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite	—	KH-2 Clustered EPMA phase map of the KH-2 specimen (owner: S. Barnes, CSIRO Mineral Resources), from the Kharelakh intrusion, Noril'sk, Russia (C) 2015 CSIRO Process Science and Engineering. All Rights reserved.	26	CL, EDS
S-20-004 ZnS-Calcite	CSIRO	Anhydrite (var. synthetic), Pyrite (var. synthetic), Zinc sulphide (var. synthetic)	—	S-20-004 ZnS-Calcite Image of a specimen of Zinc sulphide, Anhydrite and Pyrite	2	CL