Where to find iron pyrites in uk?

[Tipi]

Does anyone know where iron pyrites can be found naturally?

I am actually a geologist but I don’t know what rocks these occur in.
I know that you can find pyritised fossils along the Jurassic coast in Dorset but don’t think I’ve found a nodule there.

one internet source mentioned you can find them in chalk. Can anyone confirm?

cheers
Tipi

 

[Tipi]

Maybe answering my own question here, but just found this on eBay, mentioned “found in the Oxford Blue Gault clay cliffs of Kent”

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[MrEd]

I picked some up on the Weald in Surrey. Right up on the ridges of greensand and gault clay

 

[Tipi]

Time to dust off the geological maps I think.
thanks. The Weald is definitely closer to me than Kent.

 

[billycoen]

Could i ask what you do with them. Thanks.

 

[Kepis]

Does anyone know where iron pyrites can be found naturally?

Im on the Sussex Downs (Chalk) and have regularly found Pyrite, lots of the long thin type, but also lots of nodules from the size of a pea to the size of a clenched fist.

Edit: This lump is about the size of an orange

pyrite by https://www.flickr.com/photos/163167411@N07/, on Flickr

 

[Kepis]

Could i ask what you do with them. Thanks.

Fire lighting

 

[billycoen]

Thanks for that.

 

[daveO]

I was told you can find small bits on the coal tips around here but I've had no luck so far.

 

[MrEd]

Time to dust off the geological maps I think.
thanks. The Weald is definitely closer to me than Kent.

i have found quite a few, averaging golf ball size, up along the ridge around gatton park/Reigate/godstone way.

I have most often picked them up from freshly plough fields up there

 

[Tipi]

i have found quite a few, averaging golf ball size, up along the ridge around gatton park/Reigate/godstone way.

I have most often picked them up from freshly plough fields up there

thanks very much. can definitely take the dog out that way when restrictions have eased

 

[Robson Valley]

What do you expect for matrix? Here, it's a very hard and stratified shale or slate like sedimentary rock. We can chip it open in sheets. The local iron pyrite "Fool's Gold" appears in cubic crystals, 3mm/side to 15mm/side. But you have to bust rock all day to find those.
This one is about 15mm on a side. Maybe next pic is the deposit of origin.

 

[Mr Wolf]

Hmmm....I’m a crazy person and look for a promising colour to the water in streams and rivers

 

[gra_farmer]

Maybe answering my own question here, but just found this on eBay, mentioned “found in the Oxford Blue Gault clay cliffs of Kent”

Iron Pyrite, Marcasite/Pyrite nodule. Meditation, or fire starting. Bush craft | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Iron Pyrite, Marcasite/Pyrite nodule. Meditation, or fire starting. Bush craft at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

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Folkestone (Kent) http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/folkestone-kent/