Pyrite

Pronounced (pie-right)

Associated Chakras: Solar Plexus & Sacral

Benefits:

❖Willpower & Creativity

❖ Energy Shield To Block Out Negativity

❖ Strengthens The Mind And Encourages You To Follow You Dreams

❖ Helps Overcome Lethargy & Fatigue - A Great Stone To Keep In Your Pocket

*Resemblance Of Gold Has Made It A Traditional Symbol For Good Luck

How it is formed: Famously known as Fool’s Gold, Pyrite is very easy to recognize because it looks like gold. Historically documented in 50 AD by Dioscorades, who named the mineral after the Greek word Pyro (which means fire) because when two pieces of pyrite are rubbed against metal or stone, sparks fly! It is formed in many geological settings where sulphur and iron are combined in organic, low oxygen environments where decaying organic material off gases sulphur & attaches to iron & occasionally other calcite and Quartz veins.

Color: golden, metallic, brassy

Mohs Scale: 6-7

Compound: iron sulfide FeS2

Fun Facts:

  • Very Commonly Worn As Rings, Charms, And Other Jewelry In The Roman And Greek Empires, Along With Native American Indians Using Pyrite As A Tool For Ceremonies And Rituals

  • Most Common Sulfide Mineral

  • Was Used In The 16th And 17th Centuries As An Ignition In Old Pistols- Pyrite Would Strike Against A Circular File To Create Sparks And Fire The Gun