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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (14 children)
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    Doesn't exist. Some metals can form organometallic complexes (with CO, CN, methyl groups), in which case you get for instance "organic mercury" compounds. Iron can also do that, but that's not what theyre talking about here.

    What they mean is "biogenic" iron. The snail precipitates dissolved iron and sulfur in the water to form its shell out of iron sulfide. Its a different physical structure, but chemically similar to iron pyrite (fools gold).

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Hazarding a guess, but I think it's referring to something like "the biologically mediated reduction of iron".

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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