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OwlxOwlx Posts: 261 ✭✭
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I have a ? .please .Does iron pyrite pass a continuity test on a multi meter becouse my find makes it beep like crazy !

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Iron pyrite is conductive. Cheers, RickO

  • OwlxOwlx Posts: 261 ✭✭

    Iron pyrite is not conductive who lied to u ?

  • OwlxOwlx Posts: 261 ✭✭

    It's not even a metal

  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Let's get this fight started >:)

    Pyrite is a semiconductor; that is, it is neither a conductor like metal nor an insulator like most rocks. Semiconductors such as pyrite can switch between being a good conductor or insulator under the effects of electric fields or light, or by doping the material with traces of impurities

  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 12, 2022 7:34AM

    @Owlx said:
    I have a ? .please .Does iron pyrite pass a continuity test on a multi meter because my find makes it beep like crazy !

    We have what we refer to as HOT rocks.
    That's anything that sets off a metal detector.
    Hot rocks may or may not have metal content but have enough minerals to get a hit.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I hate hot rocks when metal detecting.

    Waste of so much time.

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