r/Weird • u/Stevemoriarty • 2d ago

Almost Perfect Cubes Formed in Nature

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These amazing pyrite crystal specimens are found in Navajún, La Rioja, Spain. Believe it or not, these cubes have not been cut or polished to shape. They are found just like this within the marl matrix.

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u/Bobbers_the_whale 2d ago

I LOVE PYRITE, the cubes are so precise and smooth

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u/koolaidismything 2d ago

Can’t those squares have actual gold inside sometimes? I was watching a YouTube video where there was a like.. 2 ounce gold nuggets half hanging out of a grouping of these pyrite formations.

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u/Bobbers_the_whale 1d ago

Yeah it can, had to fact check that one