Pyrite



Pyrite has a luster is metallic. Pyrites color is a pale brass yellow. The streak is a greenish-black. Pyrite has a poor cleavage and an irregular fracture, it breaks in uneven and irregular planes. On Mohs hardness scale it is a 6 to a 6 1/2. It is not magnetic.

Five interesting facts about : Pyrite::
 * Minors used to think they struck it rich when really they only found Pyrite.
 * Pyrite is harder than gold.
 * Pyrite looks allot like gold.
 * Pyrite is very shiny
 * pyrite is no were near as close in value as gold.

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