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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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