A giant gold deposit in W. Australia (IMAGE)

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A giant gold deposit in W. Australia

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A giant gold deposit in W. Australia (SuperPit) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Pit_gold_mine). Pyrite and arsenopyrite are the major ore minerals concentrating invisible gold together with arsenic.

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Gleb Pokrovski

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