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Are there Field tests for telling the difference between fools gold and real gold?
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Real gold is extremely soft and malleable; therefore, real gold could be dented with little pressure. Fools gold (Iron Pyrite) is much harder, and therefore harder to dent. A practical method is to get the material wet, and hold it up in the sun. Gold and fools gold will both shine. Now put your hand between the material and the sun. The gold will still shine, but the fools gold will become quite dark. This is because the shine of gold comes from diffuse reflection (like light shining on paper), while fools gold's comes from specular reflection (like a mirror).
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Is fools gold inorganic or organic?
inorganic because it is a mineral
When was Every Time Two Fools Collide created?
Every Time Two Fools Collide was created in 1977.
What is an example of fools gold?
There isn't much for examples of fools gold in everyday items that you have in your house. About the only thing i can think of besides looking at a piece of fools gold in pictures on the internet or at a local rock shop or museum would be to crumple some tinfoil up and color it a dark gold. Where you see the small, almost square patterns in the tinfoil is a bit like fools gold. Iron Pyrite, this minerals metalic luster and pale brass-yellow hue have earned it the the nickname "fools gold" because of its resemblance to gold.
What mineral is found in the northern Piedmont province is known as fools gold?
Fools gold is iron sulphide (FeS2) or also known as pyrite.
What is fools gold kids language please?
Fools gold is iron pyrite, a brassy colored mineral with a metallic lustre that people sometimes mistake for gold.
How do scientist determine the different between gold and fools gold?
by the the difference between their density
What is the difference between nefertari and Nefertiti?
fools ask such stupid questions
What is the difference between Recession and boom?
you all fools. if you cannot provides us answer than who give the answers....
How did a miner tell the difference between real gold and fools gold in the great horn spoon?
They would smash it with a rock.
What is the difference between fools gold and gold?
If you rub fools gold on a wet towel you would see black if you rub gold on a towel you get gold. Also, if you bite on it, fools gold will break. Real gold won't. Additonlly, they are two differnt elements. Fool's gold just looks like gold.
What is the different between a zombie and a fool?
Fools are fools of their own accord, zombies cannot help it.
What actors and actresses appeared in Dancing Fools - 1927?
The cast of Dancing Fools - 1927 includes: Ethlyne Clair Charles Dorety as Ike Madalynne Field
Speech on love is misunderstanding between two fools?
Not true;
How do you tell the difference between real gold and fake gold?
Fake gold, or "fools gold" has a foul sulfur odor while real gold does not. Usually, you can rub the gold and sniff it to determine if it is real or fake.
Where is the candy cane for the field ops in club penguin?
It is in the sweet demension but if april fools day is over than bad luck
What does fools rush in where angles fear to tread proverb mean?
It means a person who can do most things but is not an expert in any particular field.
Are you peoples fools?
No we are not fools
