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Pyrite (FeS₂)

pyrite (C2) · Pa-3 (205)

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About

"Fool's gold": an NaCl-like arrangement of Fe²⁺ and S₂²⁻ dumbbells. Each iron sits in a sulfur octahedron; the persulfide S–S pairs point along the body diagonals.

Structure

Prototypepyrite (C2)
Crystal systemcubic
Space groupPa-3 (205)
Latticea = 5.4179 Å
Anglesall 90°

Also crystallizes this way

MnS2CoS2NiS2PtP2