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Pyrite is an iron sulphide mineral. It is famous for its bright, metallic, pale brass-yellow colour and high metallic lustre, which gives it the appearance of gold, hence its common nickname, "Fool's Gold." It often forms in unique cubic or octahedral crystal structures. Pyrite is opaque, brittle, and is a strong conductor of energy. Due to its striking, industrial aesthetic, it is widely used for collector specimens and is often cut into striking beads and ornamental pieces for jewellery.

Pyrite is known as the "Stone of Manifestation, Protection, and Intellect." It is a powerful shield, reflecting negative energy and psychic attack back to the sender. It inspires creativity, enhances willpower, and promotes strong leadership qualities, helping the user to overcome fatigue, inertia, and fear. Pyrite is exceptionally effective for attracting financial abundance, encouraging good fortune, and stimulating the intellect and memory, helping one to organise and structure thoughts for practical success.

Hardness: 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs scale (it is brittle and should not be cleansed in water as it contains iron).

Chakra: Primarily the Solar Plexus Chakra (for willpower, confidence, and manifestation).

Zodiac Sign: Leo, Aries, and Capricorn.

Benefits: Attracts wealth, prosperity, and financial abundance, provides a powerful protective shield against negative energy, enhances willpower, confidence, and leadership, boosts intellect, memory, and logical thinking, and promotes creativity and positive action.

Source: Peru, USA, Spain, Italy, Russia.

How to use Pyrite

Place it in your home: Keep a cluster or specimen in your office, business space, or financial corner of the home (often the far-left corner from the entrance) to attract money and opportunity.

Meditate with it: Hold the stone or place it on your Solar Plexus Chakra during meditation to ignite your inner fire, boost self-confidence, and strengthen your resolve to achieve your goals.

Carry it: Keep a piece in your pocket or bag, especially when working on a complex project or during business negotiations, to draw on its protective, confident, and clarifying energy.

Wear it: As jewellery (a pendant or ring is popular) for continuous access to its vitalising, protective, and abundance-attracting vibration throughout the day.

Use for structure: Use the stone when you need to organise information or projects. Its perfect geometric formation is thought to help structure your thoughts for greater intellectual clarity and effective planning.