Pyrite Cluster - 2.401" muonionalusta 304" mission-flown nose landing gear

304" mission-flown nose landing gear tire fragment from the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102)

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Temporal range: Late Cretaceous

Resolution: 1600 x 1200

Pyrite Cluster - 2.401" muonionalusta 304" mission-flown nose landing gearBetter known as Fool's Gold, pyrite is an iron sulfide compound with a gold like appearance, hence its nickname. Unlike gold however, pyrite often forms in cubic crystals, an expression of the mineral's cube shaped atomic structure. This specimen is a pyrite cluster measuring 2. 401". It might not be worth its weight in gold, but this mineral has been valued since prehistory when pyrite was used as a fire starter by Neanderthals and our other human