Pyrite rock (IMAGE)

Penn State

Pyrite rock

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Rock samples taken from 84 feet belowground. The researchers examined the rocks' microstructures to identify at the atomic scale where the pyrite minerals begin to oxidize and morph into rusty iron oxides.

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Xin Gu, Penn State

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