Who Buys: Pyrite

: High-end collectors pay premiums for rare formations, such as the perfect cubes from Navajún, Spain, or the "pyrite suns" found in coal mines.

: Innovative battery manufacturers use pyrite as a cathode material in certain lithium-ion battery configurations. Mining and Exploration Companies

A significant secondary market exists for high-quality specimens and ritual tools.

In the mining sector, pyrite is often purchased or meticulously tracked not for its own sake, but for what it signals.

: Used as a precursor for phosphate fertilizers, detergents, dyes, and explosives.