SAMPLE OF MARCASITE FROM REOCIN (SANTANDER) PIECE WITH A CRYSTALLINE PERFECTION ON ITS SAME MATRIX. SPECTACULAR PIECE THAT CANNOT BE MISSING IN YOUR COLLECTION.
The name of Marcasite comes from the Arabic word Marcaxite and the Persian word Marcaxixa, which is the name given to pyrite.
Contains approximately 46.6% iron and 53.4% sulfur
Marcasite has been known since the Upper Paleolithic, possibly in the Mesolithic and Neolithic, where it was used, like pyrite, to produce fire.
