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* Fracture:Irregular/Uneven, Conchoidal | * Fracture:Irregular/Uneven, Conchoidal | ||
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One of the most common semiconducting minerals, pyrite exhibits high conductivity and easily provides a voltage drop - often in both polarities equally, rectification is harder to find than some minerals. | One of the most common semiconducting minerals, pyrite exhibits high conductivity and easily provides a voltage drop - often in both polarities equally, rectification is harder to find than some minerals. | ||
Revision as of 14:31, 21 June 2026
- Lustre:Metallic
- Transparency:Opaque
- Colour:Pale brass-yellow
- Streak:Greenish-black
- Hardness:6 - 6½ on Mohs scale
- Tenacity:Brittle
- Cleavage:Poor/Indistinct Indistinct on {001}.
- Fracture:Irregular/Uneven, Conchoidal
Data from the pyrite page on mindat
One of the most common semiconducting minerals, pyrite exhibits high conductivity and easily provides a voltage drop - often in both polarities equally, rectification is harder to find than some minerals.