Matrix with a large single Pyrite crystal from teh Victoria Mine in Navajun, Spain

Description

The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool’s gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS₂ (iron(II) disulfide). Pyrite is considered the most common of the sulfide minerals.

This mine-quarry, Ampliación a Victoria Mine in Navajun Spain, is exploited to obtain pyrite only for collection and decoration.