Pyrite
Subtitle: a natural history of fool's gold
By: David Rickard
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780190203672
Subjects: History; Pyrites; Mineralogy
Other titles: Fool's gold
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: Microbes and minerals. Rotten eggs ; Blue mud ; Source of hydrogen sulfide ; Bacteria hold the key ; Bacteria and pyrite ; Pyrite isotopes; title: Acid earth. Chemical pyrite oxidation ; Microbial pyrite oxidation ; Acid rivers ; Eternal fires ; Acid rain ; Smog ; Acid sulfate soils ; Acidogene; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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.