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minus-squareRuBisCOlinkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-22 months agoLooks like iron sulfide, pyrite, and greigite in this case. Highlights from this rabbit hole: “imbricating chitinous sclerites” and “conchiolin”. https://www.marinebio.org/species/scaly-foot-snails/chrysomallon-squamiferum/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15522-3 https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/114/4/949/2415936
minus-square@reineilinkEnglish8•2 months agoWait GregTech has its own iron ores in real life now as well‽
minus-square@DoYouNotlinkEnglish12•2 months agoHazarding a guess, but I think it’s referring to something like “the biologically mediated reduction of iron”.
minus-squareEngywucklinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoI’d have guessed iron+carbon, instead (so, steel).
minus-square@lemming741linkEnglish15•2 months agoLots of carbon = iron Little bit of carbon = steel Zero carbon = iron It’s confusing, I know
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoorganic iron plates, not plates of organic iron. the plates are generated by an organic process, not out of organic materials. you can’t just remove a word from the context and act as if that doesn’t change the meaning.
minus-squareEngywucklinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 months ago organic iron plates, not plates of organic iron. the plates are generated by an organic process, not out of organic materials. Makes sense, thanks you can’t just remove a word from the context and act as if that doesn’t change the meaning. Well, I’m not a native english speaker and the title seemed at least misleading.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 months agofair enough! I see now that my comment might look a little antagonizing, that was not what I wanted to express, sorry bout that.
What’s organic iron?
Same as iron but costs 30% more
The correct answer here.
Looks like iron sulfide, pyrite, and greigite in this case.
Highlights from this rabbit hole: “imbricating chitinous sclerites” and “conchiolin”.
https://www.marinebio.org/species/scaly-foot-snails/chrysomallon-squamiferum/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15522-3
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/114/4/949/2415936
Wait GregTech has its own iron ores in real life now as well‽
Hazarding a guess, but I think it’s referring to something like “the biologically mediated reduction of iron”.
I’d have guessed iron+carbon, instead (so, steel).
Lots of carbon = iron
Little bit of carbon = steel
Zero carbon = iron
It’s confusing, I know
organic iron plates, not plates of organic iron.
the plates are generated by an organic process, not out of organic materials.
you can’t just remove a word from the context and act as if that doesn’t change the meaning.
Makes sense, thanks
Well, I’m not a native english speaker and the title seemed at least misleading.
fair enough! I see now that my comment might look a little antagonizing, that was not what I wanted to express, sorry bout that.
No problem, man. Languages are bitches!