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467. Fool's Gold

These sudden bright yellow metal minerals ignited everyone's emotions. Although the cold wind was howling outside, the adrenaline was crazily secreted, and their faces were flushed with excitement, and some people even had sweat on their foreheads.

Eric played the role of the Adventure Team Captain at this time, and he was also very excited, and it can even be said that he was the most excited one.

The reason is very simple. He was obsessed with Greenland's treasure hunt for many years, and almost ruined the family business left by his father but gained nothing. It has become a joke in the adventurer circle in Iceland. If they discover gold mines this time, he will quickly turn over and become a role model.

But he still forced himself to calm down. Of course, the trembling voice proved that he was still uneasy: "Listen to me, brothers, Officer Dorisdoti is right. We have to find a way to judge its identity first."

"How to judge?" Surinan asked subconsciously.

Eric glared at him and said, "Idiot, what else have you done except lifting iron all day long? Do you have no common sense with me for so many years? Go and find a stone slab."

There was no shortage of stone slabs in the cave. They found a stone to smash it and handed it to Eric.

Eric pried off an ore with an ice axe. After looking at it, Chen Song felt that this should not be a gold ore, because the metal content inside was too high. If it was a gold mine, it would be a super gold-rich mine. In fact, there are few such gold-rich mines in nature.

Eric knew more about common sense in this area. After the initial excitement, he also reacted and was no longer so excited.

After getting the stone, he used metal ore to scratch it hard twice, and scratches appeared on the stone, green-gray scratches instead of golden scratches.

Seeing this, Eric's face suddenly became very gloomy: "Fak, this is not gold, this is the damn fool's gold!"

Chen Song is a fake adventurer. How could he know what the fool's Jin is?

Fortunately, there were some people who knew what they knew. After listening to Eric's words, someone whined: "No, this is not true. What we found is pyrite? Not gold mine?"

Ronter said excitedly: "This is the gold mine, this must be the gold mine. Boss Eric, you must have made something wrong. How could this be pyrite?"

Eric pulled out the knife and picked out the metal particles from the ore. He said in a low mood: "You know, pyrite has a high hardness, and the Mohs hardness is above 6. Ordinary knife cannot hurt it. The hardness of natural gold is only about 3, so you can cut it with a knife."

After lifting out the metal particles, he carefully stabbed them with the tip of the knife, and the metal particles jumped to the side without any harm.

Seeing that Ronte still refused to believe the reality, he continued, "Okay, I'll verify it for you again. Pyrite is very crisp, right? They will break into powder with one hammer, while gold has good ductility, so the enriched gold ore will also have ductility."

As he said that, he smashed it with a heavy and hard ice axe, and the ore was shattered.

The answer was self-evident. Ronte walked away silently, walked to an electric heater and sat down, his face full of listlessness.

Eric walked over and held his shoulder and said, "Don't do this, brother, we should know that gold mines are difficult to find, especially Greenland. How can there be gold mines? But it's also very good to find a pyrite. In the future, we will find a geological team to explore the veins. Maybe it has the value of excavation?"

Although the value of pyrite is negligible compared to gold, it is not worthless.

This ore is an important chemical raw material. The sulfur dioxide used in the paper industry and the sulfuric acid commonly used in chemical industry are basically produced by pyrite. Moreover, it will be accompanied by traces of gold and silver, which is at least a sum of money to extract it.

Suriname was scolded by Eric as a bullshit, which made him feel uncomfortable, so he seized the opportunity and showed himself.

When he walked back, he muttered: "Actually, I've seen that this is not a gold mine. I dare say that this hill is a belt-shaped granular rock formed by metamorphosis of the pyroclastic rock in the Proterozoic world. There is always pyrite in the pyroclastic rock."

Eric said angrily: "You really know how to watch it. Why is you the one who was most excited just now?"

Suriname smiled and said, "I'll be happy with you for a while."

"If Mad hadn't been able to beat you, I really wanted to beat you. Wouldn't you be talking nonsense?" Portis said angrily.

Angelina took Chen Song to the car to remove the flammable charcoal and iron rack, ignite the charcoal and put it in a large coffee pot and cooked the coffee.

Wild beasts are naturally afraid of fire, but they are naturally seeking opportunities for survival.

After feeling the warmth brought by the bonfire and electric heating, the musk ox herd slowly and carefully moved towards everyone.

Everyone was happy that they were approaching because they occupied the opening position, which would help them block the cold wind blowing in.

Each person got a large cup of hot coffee mixed with cocoa powder. The coffee was sticky and fragrant. Chen Song felt his body warm up quickly after taking a sip.

Eric went to get the iron pot back again. There was snow outside the cave. He kept digging snow pieces in and cooking until they melted, and then delivered them to the musk oxen.

Seeing him approaching, the musk oxen still treated him with horns, but when he left, he saw the water in the iron pot, they lined up to drink.

The body is very honest.

In winter, musk oxen can only rely on chewing ice and snow to provide moisture to their bodies, so being able to drink water is a luxury for them, and they will never miss this opportunity.

Seeing everyone's mood low, Eric coughed and clapped his hands and said, "Come on, let's continue listening to Vince's legendary past about his grandfather. Vince, you're willing to continue to tell us, right?"

It’s raining to beat the child, but it’s still idle anyway.

So the story of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" continues, and the Iron Triangle is on the road again.

It is really God's favor to be able to meet musk ox. If musk ox hadn't taken them to find this cave, they would have had big trouble this time.

The blizzard lasted for more than two days and two nights. If they had been in the wilderness before, they would probably have to pay some price even if they could notify Greenland's rescue team in time.

The price you have to pay for adventure in the Arctic Belt is very terrible, and you have to be amputated at any time!

Chen Song didn't know how powerful he was. He regretted not insisting on rejecting Eric's proposal, and even more regretted taking Angelina here for adventure.

He thought that going to Greenland was to take a walk and bring gold back, and bring Angelina with her to take a vacation and open her eyes. He didn't expect that this glacier continent was so dangerous!

Eric is a very principled person. He knows the help of musk ox very well. In the past two days, he has cooked ice and snow for musk ox to drink a lot.

After two days in the cave, the musk ox replenished their hydration and their energy was much better than when they first met.
Chapter completed!
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