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iron pyrites
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Origin of iron pyrites1
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Gold and iron pyrites, therefore, need never be mistaken for each other by any man who has a piece of steel about him.
Now, iron pyrites is harder than steel, and therefore a knife will fail to scratch it.
There are two substances which look exceedingly like gold;—copper and iron pyrites, substances familiar to most of us.
In some places, this clay drift yields balls of iron pyrites, which renders the water unpalatable.
These beds of clay frequently contain iron pyrites, both in the crystallized and amorphous state.
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