Ragnor
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- Dec 7, 2015
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I just wanted to play with this idea a little. Nothing too serious just hoping for some open discussion.
Not all of these materials can be pyrite. We know each substance has specific attributes inherent to it's nature. These attributes being reflectance, absorbtion, refraction, therefore each material and each color of material must represent different chemical compounds.
Not all of these stones can be pyrite. Sure they are all metallic sulfides but each is obviously a separate composition. I have spent enough time on webmineral and minedat to know there are thousands of various combinations of mineral elements the layman would call pyrite and throw it back into the creek. I used to do that myself.
But really if a person wants to really identify materials and get all the values from a given area I think we need to move beyond calling every glittering sulphide pyrite.
Please feel free to share any useful information you might feel inclined to.
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