Where to find Iron Pyrite Nodules?

[Shark Tinderbox]

Anyone any idea where to find Iron Pyrite nodules for fire lighting?

 

[Bobishere]

Flint beach?

 

[mountainm]

Hippy shops sell 'em for snake oil Crystal healing remedies. Dunno about out in the wild.

 

[Kepis]

Anyone any idea where to find Iron Pyrite nodules for fire lighting?

My Woods

 

[Hugo]

Is that one bigger than the one you gave me in the woods Kepis mate.
You have to keep your eye in to find them mate, ha ha.

 

[Kepis]

Is that one bigger than the one you gave me in the woods Kepis mate.
You have to keep your eye in to find them mate, ha ha.

Certainly is, this one is the size of a small orange, got a bigger one out back

 

[lannyman8]

Wales has layers of the stuff in the cliffs at the beach, if your ever there grab some.....

 

[monkey boy]

I can never find this stuff neither 

 

[SIXO]

Some of the beaches that hold stone/pebbles like Lynemouth in Northumberland have plenty pyrites on.
Cheers the sixo.

 

[palmnut]

I found mine on eBay.

;-)

Peter

 

[MartiniDave]

I picked some up in the rocks on the beach between Lower Eype and Lyme Regis, but mine is a lot darker than in Kepis photos.

Dave

 

[Shark Tinderbox]

Anyone any idea where to find Iron Pyrite nodules for fire lighting?

Kepis's nodule looks like the right sort. The Pyrite you get in the hippy shops cannot be used for fire lighting ... they disintegrate.

Does anyone have nodules that look like Kepis's nodule that they want to sell (the bigger the better)?

 

[monkey spanner]

You can pick them up, by the ton, just East of Herne Bay.
There is a spot by Beltinge cliff's, the last time I gathered some the floor was covered with them, just like a carpet.
P.M. me & maybe arrange a meet up to show you the spot.

 

[Bushwhacker]

I picked some up in the rocks on the beach between Lower Eype and Lyme Regis, but mine is a lot darker than in Kepis photos.

Dave

Yep, anywhere along that stretch is pretty good.

 

[Shark Tinderbox]

You can pick them up, by the ton, just East of Herne Bay.
There is a spot by Beltinge cliff's, the last time I gathered some the floor was covered with them, just like a carpet.
P.M. me & maybe arrange a meet up to show you the spot.

I have been to Botany Bay, spent hours looking, and only found one of them about the size of a walnut. My son, who was 5 at the time, thought that it was a nice pebble and threw it in the sea … I was not best pleased, but have gotten over it now! L

 

[Kepis]

Kepis's nodule looks like the right sort. The Pyrite you get in the hippy shops cannot be used for fire lighting ... they disintegrate.

Does anyone have nodules that look like Kepis's nodule that they want to sell (the bigger the better)?

will keep you posted, might be going on a pyrite hunt later in the week, if we find any will give you a shout.

 

[wildranger]

Does anybody know any beach on the east coast of Ireland where iron pyrite nodules can be found? I've found plenty of flint nodules so far, but no iron pyrite yet...

 

[salad]

errrm there are some really good nodules in my local chinese take away but I dont think you can start a fire with them

 

[Samwise]

Hey guys,

New here and found this interesting thread... I was just wondering if this was a pyrite nodule?

It weights a kg and has a density of 4.76 (could be out by a little bit)

Cheers!

Sam

 

[Palaeocory]

Call a chalk quarry, they'll find and probably just discard them (along with flint)! I'm sure they wouldn't mind setting them aside for you for a small sum.