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The mineral pyrite (/ ˈ p aɪ r aɪ t / PY-ryte), [6] or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula Fe S 2 (iron (II) disulfide). Pyrite is the most abundant sulfide mineral .
The density of pyrite also means the fool's gold material thoroughly filled in tiny areas where the arthropod's body once lay in sediment − including internal body parts, scientists said. "These ...
Other attractions on the east fork of the Montreal River that forms the Michigan–Wisconsin border northwest of Ironwood and Hurley include Superior Falls (which is bordered by 100-foot (30 m) cliffs), Saxon Falls, Interstate Falls, and Peterson Falls. Major waterfalls in Iron County, Wisconsin include Rock Cut, Gile, Kimball, and Spring Camp ...
Fordson Island was created in 1918 by the Ford Motor Company. [3] [4] In order to create a shipping channel through which lake freighters carrying ore could access the company's River Rouge Complex, the River Rouge was dredged; [3] [4] straightening the channel of the river caused a small piece of land to be cut off, creating an island (which was donated to the city by Henry Ford). [3]
They fish in it and they live off the tourists drawn to their turquoise waters, but now the Cook Islands wants to dig deeper, up to 6,000m (19,685 ft), where the nodules lie.
A creature that scuttled along the seafloor 450 million years ago has been preserved in a rare and striking fossil that formed in fool’s gold.
The Miners River is a river on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States.It is the largest river in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.Miners River has its origin outside of the National Lakeshore, north of Indian Town in the Hiawatha National Forest, and flows 12.4 miles (20.0 km) into Lake Superior. [2]
More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California. ... from selling chunks and flecks of gold. One day, he found a whopping 127 ...