Post #2818462
2026-04-20 17:55 UTC
This effect is often seen near old mines, but there aren't any marked out in the area so it could well natural (or just Old-old - this area has evidence of neolithic and iron age habitation, and was then worked from the medieval period on). There is a shallow coal seam running through the area, because of course there is - coal and iron ore are the reason Sheffield is what it is, after all.
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@anandamide@dataare.cool 2026-04-20 17:56
Iron pyrite - fool's gold - forms in coal seams, is picked up by water then dissolves into iron and sulpher once it hits sunlight, just like faery treasure.