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Rocks and Minerals ➔ Pyrite on Calcite
Identifier:
2019.1.1564Description:
Pyrite, commonly known as fool's gold, is a sulfide mineral containing iron. When exposed to oxygen, the color darkens, turning from a brass-yellow to shades of brown. This specimen is on calcite, a calcium carbonate mineral. It was found in Egremont, England and was sold by A. N. Fuller.Pyrite Formula: FeS2
Calcite Formula: CaCO3
Date:
1886 – 1905Current Location Status:
In StorageCollection Tier:
Tier 3Source:
Museum CollectionRelated Entity:
A. N. Fuller (sold by)The Kansas mineral dealer Arthur N. Fuller was born April 18, 1844 in New London, Connecticut (though Arthur always gave his birthplace as Massachusetts). In 1883 he married Edna Bradford and they settled in the Lawrence area. He appears near his parents in Wakarusa Kansas on the 1900 census, with his wife and widowed mother, listing himself as a "mineralogist," however his ads continued until January 1902, listing his Lawrence address. He died around 1908.
