many other locations. Large deposits are mined at Rio Tinto in Spain and elsewhere in the Iberian Peninsula. Cultural beliefs In the beliefs of the Thai people (especially the southerner), pyrite is known by multiple names: Khao tok Phra Ruang, Khao khon bat Phra Ruang (ข้าวตอกพระร่วง, ข้าวก้นบาตรพระร่วง) or Phet na tang, Hin na tang (เพชรหน้าทั่ง, หินหน้าทั่ง). It is believed to be a sacred item that has the power to prevent evil, black magic or demons. Images See also Iron–sulfur world hypothesis Sulfur isotope biogeochemistry References Further reading American Geological Institute, 2003, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms, 2nd ed., Springer, New York, . David Rickard, Pyrite: A Natural History of Fool's Gold, Oxford, New York, 2015, . External links Educational article about the famous pyrite crystals from the Navajun Mine How Minerals Form and Change "Pyrite oxidation under room conditions". Disulfides Firelighting Pyrite group Iron(II) minerals Cubic minerals Minerals in space group 205 Sulfide minerals Alchemical substances Semiconductor materials Transition metal dichalcogenides