But the waste product that these chemolithoautotrophs make is often in the form of minerals, like rust or pyrite, like fool's gold, or carminites, like limestone.

但是这些化能自养生物产生的废物通常以矿物质的形式存在，如铁锈或黄铁矿， 如愚人金，或胭脂红，如石灰石。