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When looking for gold in Californiawhat chracteristics would be the best way to distinguish gold from pyrite?
It can be identified in the field by the sulfur smell of the powdered mineral. Its metallic luster and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold due to many miners mistaking it for the real thing, though small quantities of actual gold are sometimes found in pyrite. In fact, such auriferous pyrite is a valuable ore of gold.
How do you make fools gold?
Fools Gold is also called iron pyrite or just pyrite. It is composed of iron and sulfur FeS2
How much money is fools gold worth?
It depends. Pyrite (or "fool's gold) is a mineral that can contain 0.25 percent or more of gold. If a pyrite sample contains this amount, and assuming the price of gold is $1500 per troy ounce, then one ton of pyrite would be worth a little over $100,000.
What are important uses for the mineral pyrite?
I is used to create sulfur dioxide to make paper.
How do you make money in Doodle God?
You can't make a bank in doodle god. Plus if you could you would need money+human=bank.
How do you tell the difference between gold the metal and pyrite also known as fool's gold?
To tell the difference between pyrite and real gold, you can check the color and shape of the ore. Gold and pyrite have a yellowish color but pyrite has a pale and brassy color compared to gold. Pyrites are shaped more like crystals while gold tends to form as a nugget. Another difference between the two is that gold can be scratched with a pocketknife while pyrite cannot be scratched. You also can use the malleability and odor tests.
What are four valuable heavy minerals that commonly make up veins?
Gold, Molybdenite, Silver, Pyrite.
Balance the equation fes2 o2 --- fe2o3 so2 and name the reaction?
Pyrite (fools gold) reacts with Oxygen to make Hematite (Fe2O3) and Sulpher dioxide (SO2) The reaction is oxidation of pyrite. 2FeS2 + 3.5O2 - - Fe2O3 + 2SO2
What elements make iron pyrite?
iron and sulfur Pyrite is iron sulfide, FeS2.
What is the mineral called fools gold?
the mineral that is called fools gold is phyrite because it looks just like gold. some people might think that phyrite is gold but it's not. phyrite is common than gold which would make it less valuable. if you want to tell whether the mineral is phyrite or gold found out how the streak of gold and phyrite is
How do you clean iron pyrite?
Gold won't dissolve in acid wheras pyrite will. That 'separates' them - but not too useful if its not the gold you want or you want both. If telling them apart is what you want then their density is different, their structure is different (crystalline mineral - pyrite) and their hardness is different.
Do people make pyrite with machines?
Pyrite is a mineral with the composition FeS2. To be a mineral, it must be naturally occurring.
