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
Pyrite is a synonym for fool's gold. In some cases you can use "Pyrite" instead a noun phrase "Fool's gold".
Pyrite
Pyrite noun - A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color.
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Synonyms for Pyrite
Fool's gold is a synonym for pyrite. You can use "Fool's gold" instead a noun "Pyrite".
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- 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 -
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
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Pyrite and Fool's gold. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fool_s_gold/pyrite
Fool's gold & Pyrite. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fool_s_gold/pyrite>.
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