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Not so foolish after all: 'fool's gold' contains a newly discovered type of real gold

By Denis Fougerouse, Research Fellow, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University
Fool's gold, or pyrite, is made of worthless iron disulfide, but can contain tiny amounts of the real thing. Using an 'atom probe', research has uncovered a new way gold atoms can hide in pyrite crystals.The Conversation


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