Pyrite
| Pyrite | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Mineral |
| Location | Frozen Geode; Omni Geode |
| Sell Price | 120g |
Pyrite is a geode mineral found in Frozen Geodes and Omni Geodes. Its price sits in the lower half of the Frozen Geode range. Like most geode minerals, its real job is filling a slot in Gunther's mineral collection at the museum. Spare pieces are sold, gifted to the Wizard, or used at the Sewing Machine for the Jester Shirt and a yellow dye. Frozen Geodes drop on the middle floors of The Mines, so Pyrite tends to arrive once mining is well under way.
The in-game description reads: Commonly known as "Fool's Gold".
Location
Frozen Geodes are the reliable route to Pyrite, with roughly a one in thirty chance each. Omni Geodes can hold it as well, though their odds are shared with every geode mineral.
Rocks on floors 41 to 79 of The Mines drop Frozen Geodes. In Winter, rocks on the Farm drop them too. They also come from Fishing Treasure Chests and from villagers at the Feast of the Winter Star. A full Ice Pip Fish Pond produces them. Frozen Geode Nodes appear in the small quarry of the Hill-top Farm and the Four Corners Farm. Whenever Sebastian runs a booth at the Desert Festival, Frozen Geodes are on sale there for Calico Eggs.
Clint at the Blacksmith opens geodes for a small fee. After his Cave Patrol special order, Clint gives the Geode Crusher recipe, which opens geodes without the fee. Daily luck leaves the contents unchanged.
Prices
Pyrite sells for the same as Soapstone and a little more than Marble and Esperite. Kyanite and Fairy Stone are worth about twice as much. A Frozen Geode that gives Pyrite still earns a little more than selling the geode unopened. Gemologist, a profession from Mining level 10, raises what Pyrite sells for by thirty percent.
A Crystalarium copies Pyrite in about three and a half days, which earns around 35g a day. Amethyst earns three times that in the same machine.
Uses
Donating the first Pyrite to Gunther at the museum adds it to the mineral collection. Milestone prizes for minerals include the Standing Geode, the Singing Stone and the Obsidian Vase, all furniture pieces. A collection of forty-one minerals earns the Crystal Chair, and one of fifty earns a free Crystalarium.
Putting Pyrite and Cloth in the Sewing Machine makes the Jester Shirt. Pyrite also works in the yellow dye pot at Emily and Haley's house.
Gifts
The Wizard likes Pyrite. Spare pieces make an easy weekly gift for him.
The older residents Caroline, Demetrius, Evelyn, George, Jodi, Kent, Lewis, Linus and Pam dislike Pyrite. The same goes for the Dwarf, Krobus and Sandy, and for the shop owners Clint, Gus, Marnie, Pierre, Robin and Willy. Abigail, Alex, Elliott, Emily, Haley, Harvey, Leah, Maru, Penny, Sam, Sebastian and Shane dislike it as well, as do Jas, Leo and Vincent.
Notes
Saving Frozen Geodes from a few trips through the middle floors and cracking them together fills Pyrite and its neighbours quickly. Duplicates can then go to the Wizard or the shipping bin.
All Geode Minerals
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Aerinite | 
|
125g |
| Alamite | 
|
150g |
| Baryte | 
|
50g |
| Basalt | 
|
175g |
| Bixite | 
|
300g |
| Calcite | 
|
75g |
| Celestine | 
|
125g |
| Dolomite | 
|
300g |
| Esperite | 
|
100g |
| Fairy Stone | 
|
250g |
| Fire Opal | 
|
350g |
| Fluorapatite | 
|
200g |
| Geminite | 
|
150g |
| Ghost Crystal | 
|
200g |
| Granite | 
|
75g |
| Helvite | 
|
450g |
| Hematite | 
|
150g |
| Jagoite | 
|
115g |
| Jamborite | 
|
150g |
| Jasper | 
|
150g |
| Kyanite | 
|
250g |
| Lemon Stone | 
|
200g |
| Limestone | 
|
15g |
| Lunarite | 
|
200g |
| Malachite | 
|
100g |
| Marble | 
|
110g |
| Mudstone | 
|
25g |
| Nekoite | 
|
80g |
| Neptunite | 
|
400g |
| Obsidian | 
|
200g |
| Ocean Stone | 
|
220g |
| Opal | 
|
150g |
| Orpiment | 
|
80g |
| Petrified Slime | 
|
120g |
| Pyrite | 
|
120g |
| Sandstone | 
|
60g |
| Slate | 
|
85g |
| Soapstone | 
|
120g |
| Star Shards | 
|
500g |
| Thunder Egg | 
|
100g |
| Tigerseye | 
|
275g |