“In northern India there is a sandy desert and in this desert there live large ants, smaller than dogs but larger than foxes. A few ants that have been caught there may be seen at the king of Persia’s place. When digging their holes these ants throw out soil just like the ants in Greece […]
Tag: mining
Where’s the ice?
Mindat.org is an online mineral and locality database. The site provides global location data for quite literally hundreds of minerals – e.g. Herbertsmithite. Scroll down for the map, which shows that Herbertsmithite may be found in : Chile, Greece, Iran, and the USA. But the site is by no means restricted to exotic minerals – […]