Fool's gold
Fool's gold noun - A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color.
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Synonyms for Fool's gold
Iron pyrite is a synonym for fool's gold. In some cases you can use "Iron pyrite" instead a noun phrase "Fool's gold".
Iron pyrite
Iron pyrite noun - A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color.
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Synonyms for Iron pyrite
Fool's gold is a synonym for iron pyrite. You can use "Fool's gold" instead a noun phrase "Iron pyrite".
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This is inverted at one point when he mentions fool's gold, and Blueberry "translates" this to its official name, iron pyrite.
Source: Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness -
Inverted in Spice and Wolf, which has iron pyrite (also known as fool's gold) suddenly becoming incredibly valuable in one town, mostly due to some economic manipulation among the merchants.
Source: Worthless Yellow Rocks - Anyone who ever found some iron pyrite, picked it up easily, and still thought it was gold instead of fool's gold has fallen victim to this trope.note The specific gravity of pyrite is about 5; the specific gravity of gold is 19.3.
Source: Hollywood Density
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