Have I found gold? Simple tests to find out!
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English - May 26, 2023 05:00 - 5 minutes - 3.9 MBEarth Sciences Science Education geology geoscience earthscience scienceeducation earthscienceeducation scienceteaching Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, I talk about the three common minerals that fool people into thinking they have found gold - pyrite, chalcopyrite, and mica. I talk about the simple tests you can do to find out if what you found was really gold or one of these three.
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