44.—Magnetic Pyrites.
Occurs massive; brittle; deep orange-yellow; powder grayish-black; metallic lustre; tarnishes easily; slightly attracts the compass-needle; melts at a high heat, giving off sulphur-fumes; gravity 4.5.
Value.—Affords sulphur, copperas and nickel.
Localities.—Found in granite regions, often with copper and iron ores. Stafford, Corinth and Shrewsbury, Vt.; Trumbull and Monroe, Conn.; Port Henry, Diana and Orange County, N. Y.; Hurdstown, N. J.; Gap Mine, Lancaster County, Pa.; Ducktown Mines, Tenn.