chalcopyrite is called fools gold because it's
lustre looks like gold!
hit it with a hammer: if it shatters its fools gold, if it flattens it is probably gold.
There two other names for pyrite. It is often called "fools gold"because it looks rather like gold. Its scientific name is iron disulfide.
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.
The percentage of sulfur in chalcopyrite is 34.94.
Chalcopyrite is copper iron sulfide (CuFeS2).
Iron Pyrite or Fools Gold
No, pyrite, or fools' gold, is a compound called iron disulfide (FeS2).
Fools Gold is actually 'Iron Pyrites' , sometimes just called 'pyrities'. Is it crystals of Iron sulphide. The chemical formul;a is FeS2 ( Iron(II)disulphide). Its appearance is slightly angular crystalline substance. The colour of fools gold is a slightly cooler yellow to natural gold.
Because it looks like gold but really isn't gold. It is pretty common to find, unlike gold, so it's value is pretty small.
There is no real gold in fools gold.
Iron Pyrite - which is a sulphide mineral - FeS2.
the dencity of fools gold is 5.0
iron pyrite is also called fools gold
The fools
No. Pyrite is nicknamed 'fool's gold' because it looks something like gold.
Pyrite is sometimes called fool's gold because its gold-like appearance meant that inexperienced miners and prospectors sometimes mistook it for gold.
real gold does not sing it sinks and so does fools gold.