Pyrite is the mineral commonly known as "fools gold." It was given the nickname when miners would leave home move to newly discovered gold mines only to discover the "gold" they dug up was worth nothing.
Iron pyrites is commonly known as 'Fools Gold' as it is has a shiny golden colour.
Fool's gold, also known as pyrite, is not magnetic.
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Fools' gold is also known as iron pyrite.
Fool's gold, also known as pyrite, does not contain any real gold. It is a mineral made of iron sulfide and has a brassy yellow color that can sometimes be mistaken for gold.
It would be practically impossible to know the correct answer to this question as fools gold is fairly common and has probably been known of for centuries.
Fools gold is iron sulphide (FeS2) or also known as pyrite.
the dencity of fools gold is 5.0
When fools gold, also known as iron pyrite, is heated, it can produce sulfur dioxide gas which can be toxic if inhaled. Additionally, heating fools gold can also cause it to oxidize and form iron oxide, losing its metallic luster.
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The mineral found in the northern Piedmont province that is known as fool's gold is pyrite. Pyrite is a common sulfide mineral that has a shiny, metallic appearance similar to gold, but it does not contain any actual gold content.
real gold does not sing it sinks and so does fools gold.