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P: Pyrite

Aurelio Acevedo

Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Harvard University

Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, United States

This fool’s gold isn’t looking very golden. In its uncrystallized form, pyrite not only lacks its shiny metallic form but slowly decomposes and produces the sulfuric acid that is eating holes in its labels.

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  • Title: P: Pyrite
  • Creator: Aurelio Acevedo
  • Location Created: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mineralogical and Geological Museum, Harvard University

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