FEATURES

• Water resistant

• Pyrite Crystal (more info at bottom of page)

• Full Grain, Vegetable tanned leather- Kangaroo

• 100% handmade in Australia

• Fits SD cards, guitar picks, coins and more

MATERIALS

• Australian Kangaroo Hide

• Waxed Hemp

• Pyrite Crystal

• Silver plated magnetic Clip

SIZE

3 x 2.3in (7.5 x 6cm)

About Pyrite:

Pyrite is most noted for its nickname, “Fool’s Gold,” the glittering rock notoriously mistaken by naïve prospectors as real gold. It was also used by dishonest mine owners to salt their mines for the purpose of convincing people they were still gold-producers. Although similar in hue, Pyrite is lighter in color than Gold, and is harder and more brittle. It can’t be scratched with a fingernail or knife. Pyrite is also referred to as Iron Pyrite, and in Germany, “Cat’s Gold.” [Megemont, 151][www.mindat.org][Eason, 180]

Pyrite was highly prized by the native Indian tribes of the Americas as a healing stone of magic, and was polished into mirrors for gazing and divination. Before the 1800’s, it was favored as a decorative stone, carved into rosettes, shoe buckles, rings, snuff boxes and other ornaments, and was extremely popular in England during the Victorian Age for its use in jewelry. Pyrite’s biggest use occurred during World War II when it was mined as a source of Sulfur for producing sulfuric acid used in industry.  [glimmerdream.com][www.ross-simmons.com][www.controverscial.com]