Gold is generally associated with pyrite (iron disulfide, FeS2), and pyrite-induced gold precipitation is critical to the ...

German archaeologists unearthed a medieval tunnel system beneath a 5,000-year-old Neolithic burial site near Reinstedt. The narrow underground passage, identified as an 'erdstall,' contained late ...

The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the real precious metal — gold. The term was often used during the California gold rush in the 1840s ...

Footage recorded deep underground captured a discovery few expected to see. A massive pyrite crystal formation was revealed after careful excavation in an isolated underground environment. The scale ...

Denis Fougerouse is affiliated with the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and The Institute for Geoscience Research at Curtin University. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

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