'fool's gold' contains a newly discovered type of real gold
- Written by Denis Fougerouse, Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the precious metal. The term was often used during the California gold rush in the 1840s because inexperienced prospectors would claim discoveries of gold, but in reality it would be pyrite, composed of...
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