Dr. HENNIGH: The fine sparkle you see is pyrite, which is fool's gold. From Wordnik.com. [Old Wyoming Mines Reopen After Gold Prices Soar] Reference
Or they could be another mineral, such as a pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
But suppose I find a nearly perfect cube of iron pyrite?. From Wordnik.com. [To explain ID, *don't* look up the homologies - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
I had only known iron pyrite to have cube type crystals. From Wordnik.com. [Zapotitlan (Land Of The Vultures)] Reference
“This is not gold,” he paused, “It's iron pyrite.”. From Wordnik.com. [Fool's Gold] Reference
I checked my books on minerals and found it was iron pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [Zapotitlan (Land Of The Vultures)] Reference
Sheesh, and here I thought everyone would go for the iron pyrite!. From Wordnik.com. [Multiple choice question.] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It looked like gold to me, but it's iron pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2008] Reference
Madame Curie is noted for the discovery of platinum radium pyrite 28 29. From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8] Reference
Henkel, Johann Friedrich Pyritologie ou histoire naturelle de la pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
Then she picked up the flint and struck it sharply against the iron pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Tis all pyrite, frosting for the cake that the poor shall be allowed to eat. From Wordnik.com. [Dispatches From the Front] Reference
It wasn't just one rock, but three small nodules of iron pyrite stuck together. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
How are Platonic solids formed in the ground by pyrite and gold rarely crystals?. From Wordnik.com. [Uncommon Despair - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
She struck her fire-starting flint against the yellowish-gray chunk of iron pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Small quantities of pyrite occur in the bone material and appear to be quite stable. From Wordnik.com. [‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part IV] Reference
The deposition of galena, blende, and pyrite in the Galena lead mines still continues. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884] Reference
I started day dreaming, my mind wandered and I remembered the story of the iron pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [Fool's Gold] Reference
She remembered the glittering nodules of iron pyrite she had found and put in her amulet. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
Sophie explained that it was "fool's gold," a glittering pyrite, that we were unearthing. From Wordnik.com. [Borrowed Finery, A Memoir]
A ballot that isn't counted in the open is as relatively worthless as a rock called pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [The Fool's Ballot] Reference
They're razor-sharp crystals of pyrite, a common mineral often referred to as "fool's gold.". From Wordnik.com. [In Pictures: Highlights Of Marc Weill's Mineral Collection] Reference
She placed sticks of kindling nearby, then bent down low and struck the iron pyrite with flint. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Some jets have little bits of pyrite in them, giving them a shimmering surface dotted with gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II] Reference
The only problem was that the company had not realised that the golden seam was only iron pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [Fool's Gold] Reference
At this very moment hedge fund managers are making highly leveraged investments in iron pyrite. —. From Wordnik.com. [A New Gold Rush? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
This effect is created by polishing the piece with substances such as stone and the mineral pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [Uncovering Tonala's history at the National Ceramic Museum] Reference
"Ayla, why don't you show them," he said, giving her the iron pyrite and flint along with the tinder. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
It is found as a mineral, but is usually obtained as a by-product in burning pyrite in the sulphuric-acid industry. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
She brought out a brassy gray nodule of iron pyrite and a piece of flint to start a small fire to boil water for tea. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
She picked up the small, yellow-gray metallic-colored nodules of iron pyrite and brought them with her to the hearth. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
It was Ayla's adventitious combination of flint and iron pyrite that created the spark which could be made into fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
That may be the real Buffett lesson: Don't trade everything you have for a pile of iron pyrite--no matter how it glitters. From Wordnik.com. [Barrick Gold Alum Thompson Joins Rinker Group] Reference
New York artist Suzanne Anker uses a 3-D computer program to create a dazzling field of white fetuses curled among pyrite. From Wordnik.com. [Truth, Beauty And The Double Helix] Reference
And since it would hardly do for me to take notes, I had to hold in my mind all the glimmering bits, gold and pyrite alike. From Wordnik.com. [Locked Rooms]
In the pitch-black darkness of the lodge, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then struck the iron pyrite with the flint. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
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