Pyrite is a very common iron-sulfide, forming crystals with a nice yellow color and a strong metallic luster. Its shininess is so pronounced that in some ancient Mesoamerican cultures, large crystals ...

"Fool's gold" (pyrite) is nice to look at, but not especially useful. That could change if the findings of a small study hold up. Unexpectedly higher levels of lithium – an element that's in enormous ...

The development of new techniques for the rapid measurement of the temperature of deposition of pyrite and the degree of filling of two-phase fluid inclusions has made it possible to determine ...

The mineral pyrite was historically nicknamed fool’s gold because of its deceptive resemblance to the real precious metal — gold. The term was often used during the California gold rush in the 1840s ...

Though long derided as 'fool's gold,' pyrite might actually contain trace amounts of the precious metal that could be extracted through environmentally friendly means. Researchers at Curtin University ...

They don’t call it “fool’s gold” for no reason. Pyrite looks like gold to the average person; however, nature is full of scams. Things are never quite what they seem in this world. Just imagine the ...