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Auteur(s) : Rickard, David T. (1943-....)
Titre(s) : Pyrite [Texte imprimé] : a natural history of fool's gold / David Rickard
Publication : New York : Oxford university press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIX-297 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; 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 ; Microbes and minerals.
Rotten eggs ; Blue mud ; Source of hydrogen sulfide ; Bacteria hold the key ; Bacteria
and pyrite ; Pyrite isotopes ; Acid earth. Chemical pyrite oxidation ; Microbial
pyrite oxidation ; Acid rivers ; Eternal fires ; Acid rain ; Smog ; Acid sulfate soils
; Acidogene ; 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 ; 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 ; 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.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Fool's gold
Sujet(s) : Pyrite
Indice(s) Dewey :
549.32 (23e éd.) = Sulfures, antimoniures, arséniures, séléniures, tellurures (minéralogie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190203672. - ISBN 0190203676 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44373980p
Notice n° :
FRBNF44373980
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