Yes! Fool's Gold is actually called Iron Pyrite. It is cubic formed iron based crystal that is is a yellow to brass color. It is reflective giving you a "shiny" appearance.
Gold on the other hand is a brighter yellow and is the same brightness whether it is in the shade or in the sun! If you shade pyrite with your hand, it will go dull. Gold will stay Yellow!
I should also mention, if you hit pyrite with a hammer or another rock, it will shatter or break. Gold should just flatten out.
Here is a comparison picture between Pyrite and Gold -
http://www.homegrownfun.com/wp-content/uploads/smaller-gold-and-pyrite-400x300.jpg
hit it with a hammer: if it shatters its fools gold, if it flattens it is probably gold.
chalcopyrite is called fools gold because it's lustre looks like gold!
Gold is a heavy ductile metal and gold is an Element. Fools gold is actually Iron Pyrite and is brittle and light compared to gold. Gold has a specific gravity around 19 while fools gold (iron pyrite) has a specific gravity of 4.95 to 5.10. Fools gold is harder than gold. The hardness of Fools gold is 6 to 6.5 while Gold is softer and has a hardness of 2.5 on the Moh's scale of hardness. When hammered gold will flatten while other yellow minerals break Fools Gold (Iron Pyrite) is a sulfide of iron,with a metallic appearance and occurs either as distinct cubical crystals or in massive crystalline forms.Pyrite is slightly harder than steel and cannot be scratched with a knife while gold is much softer than steel and can easily be scratched with a knife. Pyrite emits sulfur when heated...gold does not. There are many differences between Fools Gold and Gold, that is why "fools gold" got its name.
I'm a bit more puzzled about how you get fools' gold ontorocks. Fools' gold is a type of rock... iron (II) sulfide, or iron pyrite. It's hard, brittle, and not something that could easily get smeared onto some other rock.If you somehow did manage it, it's relatively easily oxidized to the sulfate, which is soluble in water.
Fools gold is commonly known as Iron Pyrite which is Iron Disulfide - FeS2.
by the the difference between their density
the dencity of fools gold is 5.0
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real gold does not sing it sinks and so does fools gold.
No, fools gold or iron pyrites is less dense than gold.
fools gold
inorganic because it is a mineral
'Fool's gold' is not gold (symbol Au), so is not poor quality; it is a different substance (iron pyrites).
hit it with a hammer: if it shatters its fools gold, if it flattens it is probably gold.
chalcopyrite is called fools gold because it's lustre looks like gold!
Iron pyrites is commonly known as 'Fools Gold' as it is has a shiny golden colour.
real gold