Talk:Marcasite

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[edit] Nice photo, but wrong

In the process of updating the information on 'pyrite disease' I also removed the nice, but wrong, photo of the pyrite disk from Sparta, Illinois. It's pretty much agreed now that these things are Pyrite and not Marcasite, so showing it on this page is not appropriate. I've also removed the comment about it being a recognisable form of marcasite. --Jolyonralph 20:38, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The caption of the photo is wrong

That's not a geode of marcasite (geode means vug). The picture represents the two parts of a breaked bowl of radiated marcasite, probably found in the chalk cliffs along the Channel, north of France.

I changed the caption. If you think it needs further clarification, please feel free to change/add it. --DanielCD 12:49, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)