Self-tutoring about mining: the tutor looks into an interesting coincidence. Fool’s gold, FeS2, is also known as pyrite. It’s not gold, nor particularly valuable…yet, should it be dismissed? It turns out that gold deposits and fool’s gold can develop in …

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Self-tutoring about environmental issues: the tutor looks into possible dangers surrounding mining tailings. Herein, tailings are defined as mining leftovers or mining results that are left behind. Occasionally one hears about mine tailings causing a problem in the environment. Usually …

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