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Why is pyrite called fools gold?

April 26, 2017called earth Fool Geology gold Mathematics pyrite sciences

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Why is pyrite called fools gold?

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Because if you don’t know what real gold looks like, you can easily be fooled into thinking that iron pyrite is gold. Also, back in the mining boom of the 1800s, if someone found a bunch of iron pyrite, they would probably have looked pretty foolish if they tried to sell it as gold.