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2026-07-13 16:47:36

#InternationalRockDay — Pyrite, Manganese (among other things)
Compared to the more northern areas, the central ridges of the eastern Alps consist of a much larger variety of rocks/minerals with often intense colors. Depending on sun direction, the pyrite (aka fools gold) makes the rocks in the scree fields glisten brightly in the sun...

A boulder (~1.5m length) with rusty and aubergine-like coloring and a red/white path marker painted on. Some grass patches with daisies around.
A high alpine path is leading through a scree field of intensely orange rusty rocks. Glaciated mountain peaks in the distance.