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Arsenopyrite

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Deadly minerals lurk everywhere among the crust of the Earth, one of them is Arsenopyrite, a striking metal that fools the unknown into believing that its simple, harmless pyrite. However, pyrite cannot cause bloody diarrhea, vomiting, violent stomach pains, convulsions, and even death, yet arsenic can. This lethal element is a main compound in Arsenopyrite, and just by holding this lustrous mineral a simple hiker can succumb to arsenic poisoning.

Arsenopyrite is the most abundant and widespread arsenic minerals and contains the most arsenic, deeming itself an arsenic ore. Arsenopyrite is formed in pegmatites, a coarsely crystalline granite or other igneous rock, high-temperature gold-quartz, tin veins, and metamorphic rock. It is commonly

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