{"id":77865,"date":"2025-12-14T13:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77865"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:19:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:49:38","slug":"pyrite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pyrite\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyrite"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pyrite Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists recently discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in England, which included a patch of heated clay, some heat-shattered flint handaxes, and two pieces of iron pyrite &#8211; a mineral that creates sparks when struck against flint to ignite tinder.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Pyrite<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> brass-yellow mineral <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a <\/span><b>bright metallic luster.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a<\/span><b> chemical composition <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>iron sulfide (FeS<\/b><b>2<\/b><b>), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is the <\/span><b>most common sulfide mineral.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name comes from the <\/span><b>Greek word pyr, \u201cfire,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d because pyrite <\/span><b>emits sparks when struck by metal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nodules of pyrite have been <\/span><b>found in prehistoric burial mounds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which suggests their <\/span><b>use as a means of producing fire.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pyrite is <\/span><b>called \u201cFool\u2019s Gold\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because it <\/span><b>resembles gold <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the untrained eye.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, pyrite is quite <\/span><b>easy to distinguish from gold:<\/b> <b>pyrite is much lighter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but <\/span><b>harder than gold <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>cannot be scratched with a fingernail or pocket knife.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>found in a wide variety of geological formations worldwide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from sedimentary deposits to hydrothermal veins and as a constituent of metamorphic rocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Pyrite <\/b><b style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 29px; font-style: inherit;\">Uses<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>source of iron and sulfur <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is <\/span><b>used for the production of sulfuric acid.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>used to create iron sulfate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is <\/span><b>used to make nutritional supplements, ink, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lawn conditioner, water treatment and flocculation, moss killer, and many other chemical processes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Iron sulfate,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which comes from pyrite, is <\/span><b>used to treat iron-deficiency anemia. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Some types of pyrite contain enough microscopic gold<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to warrant mining them as a gold ore.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/science\/oldest-evidence-human-fire-making-discovered-site-england-2025-12-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">REUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pyrite, or Fool\u2019s Gold, is a common iron sulfide mineral with metallic luster, named for its spark-producing property and ancient use in fire-making. 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