Shiver me timbers, I almost forgot!
What five minerals would a pirate want to know?
- pyrite
- arrrsenopyrite
- arrragonite
- cinnabarrrr
- feldsparrrr
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Also: GOLD.
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Are diamonds, emerrralds, rrrubies, etc considered minerrrals?
Diamonds arrr a minerrral, matey, but emerrralds be a type of berrrrryl and rubies arrr th' scurvy dog corrrrundum. Yar.
Arrrgentite! (do pirates ever say "bless you?") Great post! Thanks for a smile!
Arrrr, matey, it is that day, isn't it? Where's me cabin boy?
Really old rocks found in Canada4.28 billion years, that's how old
Arrrrichalcite? Pyraaaargyrite? Marrrrcasite? Shiver me timbers of agatised wood?
I'm trying to hard for being over a week late, sorry.