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Pyrrhotite

Pyrrhotite is classified as a sulfide. All sulfides have sulfur, S, combined with a metal. Together with another class of sulfur-containing minerals, the sulfosalts, sulfides make up the majority of the important ore minerals.

Group: Sulfides
Image Number: 97-35143
Catalog Number: R19554
W. A. Roebling

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