Tag: iron

23 October 2017

… is not gold – a well known Shakespearean quote from The Merchant of Venice. It’s certainly true in geology, where there are any number of gold coloured minerals. Where I live, there are large quantities of “fool’s gold” or iron pyrites – actually a rather brassy looking…

12 September 2017

The East Beach at Lyme Regis has been a real treasure trove of rusty goodness over the past couple of years. A municipal tip, sited atop the cliffs, was in use from Victorian times till the middle of the last century, but with the inevitable coastal erosion, it’s…