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  2. Pyrite - Wikipedia

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    Pyrite cubic crystals on marl from Navajún, La Rioja, Spain (size: 95 by 78 millimetres [3.7 by 3.1 in], 512 grams [18.1 oz]; main crystal: 31 millimetres [1.2 in] on edge) Pyrite's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold, hence the well-known nickname of fool's gold.

  3. Marcasite jewellery - Wikipedia

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    Marcasite jewellery is jewellery made using cut and polished pieces of pyrite (fool's gold) as gemstone, and not, as the name suggests, from marcasite. [1] Both pyrite and marcasite are chemically iron sulfide, but differ in their crystal structures, giving them different physical properties. Pyrite is more stable and less brittle than marcasite.

  4. Fool's Gold (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Fool's Gold, an OEL manga published by Tokyopop; Fool's Gold, a 1958 novel by Dolores Hitchens; Fool's Gold, a 1993 novel by Zilpha Keatley Snyder "Fool's Gold", a short story by Elizabeth Moon in the 1999 anthology Chicks 'n Chained Males

  5. Hidden underground, in shining fool's gold, signs of life ...

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    The density of pyrite also means the fool's gold material thoroughly filled in tiny areas where the arthropod's body once lay in sediment − including internal body parts, scientists said. "These ...

  6. Stunning fossil preserved in fool’s gold reveals newly ...

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    The specimen was preserved in pyrite, or fool's gold, making it easy to produce 3D models of the fossil using CT scans. Credits: Luke Parry/Yu Liu/Ruixin Ran (3D models). - courtesy Luke Parry/Yu ...

  7. Pyrite group - Wikipedia

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    The group is named for its most common member, pyrite (fool's gold), which is sometimes explicitly distinguished from the group's other members as iron pyrite. Pyrrhotite (magnetic pyrite) is magnetic, and is composed of iron and sulfur , but it has a different structure and is not in the pyrite group.

  8. HIV isn't the death sentence it once was: How related deaths ...

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    Death rates fell among highly affected HIV subpopulations. Medical breakthroughs have reduced death rates for Americans with HIV, including groups that are disproportionately affected by the virus.

  9. Davis, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Davis, Massachusetts, is the abandoned location of the Davis Pyrite Mine, located in the town of Rowe, Massachusetts. Once the largest iron pyrite mine in Massachusetts, Davis grew to be a decent sized mining village at the beginnings of the Second Industrial Revolution (1870–1915). But in 1911, a non-fatal collapse of the mine due to "poor ...