Denis Fougerouse is affiliated with the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences and The Institute for Geoscience Research at Curtin University. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

Footage recorded deep underground captured a discovery few expected to see. A massive pyrite crystal formation was revealed after careful excavation in an isolated underground environment. The scale ...

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