Description
General name for any metal sulfide mineral. The name pyrite is also commonly used for one mineral form of iron disulfide. Other types of pyrite include the sulfide salts of arsenic (mispickel), copper (chalcopyrite), cobalt (smaltite) and tin. Ethanolamine thioglycollate treatments have been used to minimize the decomposition of pyritic specimens (Cornish 1984).
See also pyrrhotite.
Synonyms and Related Terms
Fool's gold; iron disulfide; mundic; andodamus (Pliny); Pyrit (Deut.); pirita (Esp.); pyrite (Fr.); pyriet (Ned.); piryt (Pol.); pirite (Port.)
Hazards and Safety
Can evolve low levels of sulfur dioxide.
Degrades in high humidity environments.
Additional Information
° L. Cornish, A.M. Doyle. "Use of Ethanolamine Thioglycollate in the Conservation of Pyritised Fossils" Palaeontology 27(2), 1984, 421-424.
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