WE PRESENT THIS SAMPLE OF MARCASITE ON A GOOD QUALITY MATRIX. WE CAN OBSERVE VARIOUS CRYSTALLINE FLOWERS, AND IN THE CENTRAL PART LARGE CRYSTALS.
The name Marcasite comes from the Arabic marcaxita and the Persian marcaxixa, which is the name for pyrite.
It contains approximately 46.6% iron and 53.4% sulfur; therefore.
The marcasite has been known since the Upper Paleolithic, it is possible that in the Mesolithic and Neolithic, where it served, like pyrite, to produce fire.
