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a natural history of fool's gold

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a natural history of fool's gold

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Pages
297

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Table of Contents

Foole's gold. So what do you do? ; Foole's gold ; Fool's gold as pyrite ; Pyrite and the founding of Canada ; Frobisher's scam ; Pyrite and the founding of the United States of America ; Fool's gold in the modern world
Pyrite and the origins of civilization. The gods of fire ; The origins of human culture ; The earliest chemical industry ; Big Pharma ; Pyrite and the origins of the modern arms industry ; Pyrite feeds the world ; Pyrite, civilization, and culture
What is pyrite? The importance of names ; Classical origins ; Marcasite and the Arab interlude ; Late medieval confusion ; Renaissance revisions ; The iron mystery ; Renaissance clarification ; Elements and minerals ; Berthollet redux
Crystals and atoms. Introduction ; Pyrite habits ; Pyrite and the foundations of x-ray crystallography ; Pyrite structure : counting atoms ; Cubes and atoms ; Dodecahedra exist, almost ; Octahedra and how pyrite crystals grow ; Pyrite raspberries ; Designer pyrite
Hell and black smokers. Ancient ideas of mineral formation ; Pyrite and volcanoes ; Pyrite and the problem of geologic time ; Pyrite and the origin of the earth's interior heat ; Pyrite in geothermal springs ; Deep-ocean hydrothermal vents ; Black smoker chimneys and massive pyrite deposits ; Massive pyrite deposits as fossil hydrothermal systems
Microbes and minerals. Rotten eggs ; Blue mud ; Source of hydrogen sulfide ; Bacteria hold the key ; Bacteria and pyrite ; Pyrite isotopes
Acid earth. Chemical pyrite oxidation ; Microbial pyrite oxidation ; Acid rivers ; Eternal fires ; Acid rain ; Smog ; Acid sulfate soils ; Acidogene
Pyrite and the global environment. Pyrite formation and burial ; Pyrite as a key component of the earth system ; Death zones in the unfriendly sea ; Pyrite formation and the evolution of life ; Pyrite sulfur isotope signatures and the silver bullet ; Other earths
Pyrite and the origins of life. Abiogenesis ; The iron-sulfur world ; The oldest pyrite ; The Frankenstein experiment ; Pyrite and the synthesis of biomolecules ; Pyrite and the earliest organisms ; Pyrite, biofilms, and ancient lagoons
Full circle. Pyrite, alchemy, and metal extraction ; Pyrite and the electronics industry ; The pyrite resolution board ; Pyrite, free radicals, and life ; Extraterrestrial pyrite ; Not so foolish gold.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Titles
Fool's gold

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
549/.32
Library of Congress
QE390.2.I76 R53 2015, QE390.2.I76R53 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 297 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
297

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27186829M
Internet Archive
pyritenaturalhis0000rick
ISBN 10
0190203676
ISBN 13
9780190203672
LCCN
2014040022
OCLC/WorldCat
892794775

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