Collecting pyrite crystals and where to find the most beautiful ones!

Collecting pyrite crystals and where to find the most beautiful ones!

-Pyrite or Fool’s Gold, however you may call it, is quite a popular mineral amongst rock collectors and even hobbyists. It is one of the most abundant minerals in the world, meaning that you are almost guaranteed to have some pyrite near you. If you’re not already aware of this, then we suggest that you …

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Wonderful pyrite cubes from Navajún, Spain

Wonderful pyrite cubes from Navajún, Spain

What is Pyrite? Pyrite is a beautiful mineral that naturally forms into cubic crystal structures. As seen in the photo above, pyrite can become amazingly cuboidal, nearly perfect. These natural formations look artificial, almost alien in their perfection, yet they are simply the product of explainable geological events which occur all over the world. Pyrite …

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