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Acid mine drainage

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Title: Acid mine drainage
Author: Department of Geology; Oberlin College
Description: A closeup of a chunk of rock in the tailings of the Argo gold mine showing large pyrite crystals that are rusting or oxidizing; oxidation of sulfide minerals, especially pyrite, is the main cause of acidic mine drainage.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OBE/774
Date: 1993/05

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