Marcasite jewellery
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marcasite-jewellery-313-2973985
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Marcasite jewellery
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Marcasite jewellery is jewellery made using cut and polished pieces of pyrite as gemstone, and not, as the name suggests, from marcasite. Both pyrite and marcasite are chemically iron sulfide, but differ in their crystal structures, giving them different physical properties. Pyrite is more stable and less brittle than marcasite. Marcasite can also react with moisture to form sulfuric acid. These are the reasons why pyrite is used instead of real marcasite in "marcasite" jewellery. Marcasite jewe
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Polished pieces of pyrite jewellery
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcasite_jewellery
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2024-03-19T00:58:45Z
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