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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Wait GregTech has its own iron ores in real life now as well‽