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====Crystal pyrite==== The name ''crystal pyrite'' comes from one of the two common [[crystal habit]]s shown by [[pyrite]] (the other one being the [[cube]]). In pyritohedral pyrite, the faces have a [[Miller index]] of (210), which means that the [[dihedral angle]] is 2·arctan(2) ≈ 126.87° and each pentagonal face has one angle of approximately 121.6° in between two angles of approximately 106.6° and opposite two angles of approximately 102.6°. The following formulas show the measurements for the face of a perfect crystal (which is rarely found in nature). <math>\text{Height} = \frac{\sqrt{5}}{2} \cdot \text{Long side}</math> <math>\text{Width} = \frac{4}{3} \cdot \text{Long side}</math> <math>\text{Short sides} = \sqrt{\frac{7}{12}} \cdot \text{Long side}</math> {| <!-- Table prevents the next headline from crawling up. {{clear}} would push it down to the end of the infobox. --> | {{multiple image | align = left | total_width = 320 | image1 = Pyrite-184681.jpg | image2 = Pyrite-193871_angles.jpg | footer = Natural pyrite (with face angles on the right) }} |}
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