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The density of Gold is 19.3g/cm3

The density of Fool's Gold (pyrite) is 5g/cm3 The question is slightly ambiguous as first written so two calculations are given: # 100/15= 6.666g/cm3

So this nugget is possibly pyrite and not gold. 100/5= 20g/cm3

So this nugget is possibly gold.

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Q: Is a Nugget real gold or fools gold if a it has a mass of 100.0 g and displaces the water level in a graduated cylinder by 15.0cm3 from 10.0cm3?
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