Fools Gold Is Not Just For Fools

What shines like gold, but is worth only a mere fraction of the real thing? What got its name by tricking miners into thinking it was gold? What appears as geometric cubes of pure gold but gives off sulfuric acid during mining operations when it comes into contact with oxygen and water? The answer to all of these questions is iron pyrite, or fools gold.

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