Pyrite; XTS.2116.1
Name/Title
Pyrite
Pyrite
About this object
Pyrite; a piece of iron pyrite.
Pyrite is an iron sulphide, nicknamed 'fool’s gold' due to its brass yellow hue and metallic lustre resembling gold. Iron-rich minerals in the original rock react with sulphur contained in hydrothermal water to form iron sulphide. This occurs over large areas of the Coromandel Peninsula.
For more information about Thames School of Mines, which is cared for by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga, visit our website.
Pyrite; a piece of iron pyrite.
Pyrite is an iron sulphide, nicknamed 'fool’s gold' due to its brass yellow hue and metallic lustre resembling gold. Iron-rich minerals in the original rock react with sulphur contained in hydrothermal water to form iron sulphide. This occurs over large areas of the Coromandel Peninsula.
For more information about Thames School of Mines, which is cared for by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga, visit our website.
Credit Line
Collection of Thames School of Mines, New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga
Collection of Thames School of Mines, New Zealand Historic Places Trust Pouhere Taonga
Object number
XTS.2116.1
XTS.2116.1
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