Talk:Pyrite

message: Arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite are not varieties of pyrite. Removed that and created arsenopyrite article.--Vsmith 23:56, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed

message: In a 3 to 0 vote, this article has been delisted in a Good Article review. While there are now two inline citations as opposed to none, the lead is still way too long, (Check WP:LEAD) and the article overall may still not have enough content for its subject. Review archived at Wikipedia:Good article review/Archive 14. Homestarmy 14:17, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Delisted GA

message: True or false? Crystal whacker (talk) 01:02, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: See Cat's-whisker detector. The added bit needs a bit of a cleanup tho'. Vsmith (talk) 03:48, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unconfirmed edit 

message: "Auriferous pyrite is a valuable ore of gold."
I removed this from intro. It literally says, "gold bearing pyrite is mined for gold."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.38.62.211 (talk) 05:47, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I read it differently - it says that this specific compound is a valuable source of gold, which it might or might not be (there could be dozens of reasons why it might not). The only reason I haven't reverted you is lack of reference. Materialscientist (talk) 05:53, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The immediately preceding Carlin ref discusses arsenian pyrite stating: arsenian pyrite contains up to 0.37 wt% Au which would indeed be auriferous, but it is likely a bit redundant. Vsmith (talk) 17:35, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pointless statement 

message: Am I crazy, or is there no place to read or talk about the formation of pyrite? Um, like how it can only be formed in oxygen free environments and tends to be a framboid on other rocks? Does the formation section really not exist?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by KreebleFlarg (talk • contribs) 06:44, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right (not 'bout the crazy bit), the article is lacking info on environments of formation. So just jump right in and add the missing section ... or wait for me to do it (monstrous to do list). Also thanks for the mention of framboid - didn't know we had that article (which also needs improving ...). Vsmith (talk) 13:35, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formation 

message: Although one may well start out with CaF2 as a decription and then move the sulfur atoms away from ideal fluorite positions, this is hardly a helpful way of arriving at structural understanding because the shift has be rather large, resulting in a distance between the sulfur atoms clearly that becomes a bonding distance. In the fluorite there is no F-F bonding distance.
Failing to point that out creates an odd contradiction-by-omission with the previous topic.
Another important point that is not made in the story is that the iron atom is not only a Fe(II) species but that it is in a low spin state Fe(II) species, giving the material a diamagnetic character. This can be understood from the (distorted) octahedral coordination of the iron by the disulfide (persulfide if you wish) moeities a strong ligands, not if you keep thinking in terms of loose sulfur atoms. Neither the octahedral coordination nor the spin state are mentioned and the structural description is rather garbled therefore.
Jcwf (talk) 02:51, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Structural description

message: The page for chemical salts links to this page, reffering to it as a type of salt.
Shouldn't this be mentioned in this article? 69.132.69.87 (talk) 19:46, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Salt 

message: I have added a section "Pyrite in building structures" to this article. I understand that this new section is not about geology or minerals and that the article is directed toward the chemical aspect of Pyrite. However some users may be searching for information about structural defects caused by pyrite when reading this article but such information were not included. I believe that the new section is a complement on this particular subject which is not covered by any other article on Wikipedia.--Christophe Krief (talk) 18:45, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pyrite in building structures 

message: I'm having trouble finding this word as spelled especially in the citation that follows it. Mispelling?
Kortoso (talk) 21:31, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: 'Twas a spelling error - see Anastomosis. Fixed, thanks. Vsmith (talk) 01:25, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Amastamozing"? 

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message: Even simple information like where in the world pyrite can be found is eschewed in favor of jargonny geo-technobabble.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.0.98 (talk) 00:21, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article is way too complex 

message: Where is the origin of pyrite 2409:4043:2D92:E19C:2876:1EFA:DA40:3DDE (talk) 06:50, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pyrite 

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