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minus-squareRuBisCO@slrpnk.netcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-220 days agoLooks like iron sulfide, pyrite, and greigite in this case. Highlights from this rabbit hole: “imbricating chitinous sclerites” and “conchiolin”. https://www.marinebio.org/species/scaly-foot-snails/chrysomallon-squamiferum/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15522-3 https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/114/4/949/2415936
minus-squarereinei@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 days agoWait GregTech has its own iron ores in real life now as well‽
Looks like iron sulfide, pyrite, and greigite in this case.
Highlights from this rabbit hole: “imbricating chitinous sclerites” and “conchiolin”.
https://www.marinebio.org/species/scaly-foot-snails/chrysomallon-squamiferum/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15522-3
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/114/4/949/2415936
Wait GregTech has its own iron ores in real life now as well‽