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adj - containing gold
Containing gold; gold-bearing.
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Containing gold gold-bearing. |
(of rocks or minerals) containing gold. |
containing gold |
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The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide with the chemical formula FeS2 (iron(II) disulfide). Pyrite is considered the most common of the sulfide minerals. * 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. The color has also led to the nicknames brass, brazzle, and Brazil, primarily used to refer to pyrite found in coal.The name pyrite is derived from the Greek (pyrits), "of fire" or "in fire", in turn from (pyr), "fire". In ancient Roman times, this name was applied to several types of stone that would create sparks when struck against steel; Pliny the Elder described one of them as being brassy, almost certainly a reference to what we now call pyrite.By Georgius Agricola's time, c. 1550, the term had become a generic term for all of the sulfide minerals.Pyrite is usually found associated with other sulfides or oxides in quartz veins, sedimentary rock, a |