PYRITE
Luster: Metallic
Lab Book Description:
Hardness: 6 to 6.5
Color brass yellow; Opaque; Tarnishes brown; Forms cubes or octahedrons; Brittle; no cleavage; SG = 4.9 to 5.2
Streak: Dark Gray
Appears on these flash cards: crystal form; metallic luster; high specific gravity; used for making sulfuric acid, explosives
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