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larger pieces of pyrite will crumble when a knife is pressed into them.
A rock which is "peppered" with many small pieces of gold will sound off with a metal detector, pyrite will not.
Scratching a larger piece of pyrite will produce a sulfur smell.
fool's gold is another word for pyrite.
What else can I help you with?
Are there Field tests for telling the difference between fools gold and real gold?
Real gold is extremely soft and malleable; therefore, real gold could be dented with little pressure. Fools gold (Iron Pyrite) is much harder, and therefore harder to dent. A practical method is to get the material wet, and hold it up in the sun. Gold and fools gold will both shine. Now put your hand between the material and the sun. The gold will still shine, but the fools gold will become quite dark. This is because the shine of gold comes from diffuse reflection (like light shining on paper), while fools gold's comes from specular reflection (like a mirror).
When was Every Time Two Fools Collide created?
Every Time Two Fools Collide was created in 1977.
What is an example of fools gold?
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.
Is iron pyrite fools gold sedimentary igneous or metamorphic?
Iron pyrite, also known as fools gold, is mainly found in sedimentary rocks. It forms as a result of sedimentation and diagenesis processes.
What is fools gold kids language please?
"Fool's gold" is a term used to describe the mineral pyrite, which looks similar to real gold but is actually iron sulfide. In kids' language, you could explain it by saying that fool's gold is a shiny mineral that may look like gold, but it's not the real thing.
How do scientist determine the different between gold and fools gold?
by the the difference between their density
What is the difference between nefertari and Nefertiti?
fools ask such stupid questions
Which word describes klondike hopefuls?
Gold rushing fools, opportunists, adventurers, Sourdoughs (experienced miners), Cheechakos (new miners).
What is the difference between Recession and boom?
you all fools. if you cannot provides us answer than who give the answers....
How did a miner tell the difference between real gold and fools gold in the great horn spoon?
They would smash it with a rock.
What is the different between a zombie and a fool?
Fools are fools of their own accord, zombies cannot help it.
What do you call a person who always fools?
A person who always fools others could be referred to as a trickster or a prankster.
What is sometimes called fool's gold?
Pyrite is called fools' gold because miners found it and thought it was gold. It looks like gold but really isn't.
Speech on love is misunderstanding between two fools?
Not true;
Should you ask someone out on April Fools' Day who likes you a lot?
You could but that would hurt their feelings when you say "APRIL FOOLS DAY!!!!!"
Are you peoples fools?
No we are not fools
Are there Field tests for telling the difference between fools gold and real gold?
Real gold is extremely soft and malleable; therefore, real gold could be dented with little pressure. Fools gold (Iron Pyrite) is much harder, and therefore harder to dent. A practical method is to get the material wet, and hold it up in the sun. Gold and fools gold will both shine. Now put your hand between the material and the sun. The gold will still shine, but the fools gold will become quite dark. This is because the shine of gold comes from diffuse reflection (like light shining on paper), while fools gold's comes from specular reflection (like a mirror).
