Don’t be fooled. Even with your untrained eye for precious metals, you can use visual cues and a few simple tests to determine whether your metallic yellow find is pyrite vs. gold. Dubbed “fool’s gold ...

Gold is generally associated with pyrite (iron disulfide, FeS 2), and pyrite-induced gold precipitation is critical to the formation of high-grade gold deposits. However, the role of pyrite in ...

Even people who do not believe in astrology have heard about pyrite, and this comes as no surprise. Known as “Fool’s Gold," this shiny golden stone earlier tricked miners into believing that they had ...