SciShow | Fool’s Gold Might Be Better Than the Real Thing @SciShow | Uploaded May 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
This month's Rocks Box is pyrite, also called fool's gold. But this fool's gold might not be so foolish, since we can use it to get all kinds of other minerals we really need, and it may be a key to getting real gold after all.

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