Iron pyrites is commonly known as 'Fools Gold' as it is has a shiny golden colour.
Fool's Gold is really called pyrite. You can see a picture of it via Related Links, below.
They thought they found gold, but all they found was pyrite; fools gold. Pyrite was worthless. It had the same luster and color as gold but it was worth as much as dirt
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.
Iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral's metallic luster and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold due to its resemblance to gold.
pyrite is known as fools gold.This mineral's metallic luster and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold because of its resemblance to gold.
It smells like platinum, only differentokay, then what does platinum smell like?
bright yellow, metallic luster
There is no real gold in fools gold.
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.