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How can you test a rock for gold to make sure it isn't fools gold?

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hit it with a hammer: if it shatters its fools gold, if it flattens it is probably gold.

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What kind of rocks make gold?
Rocks do not make gold. Gold is an elemental metallic mineral that can be found in a variety of rocks and sediments.
How can you make sure gold is real?
Drop it on your foot. It the gold is imaginary, you will experience no pain. or bite it, if it is hard enough its real gold!
What kind of rock is fools gold?
Fools' Gold is the mineral pyrite.
Does fools gold have real gold in it?
No, fools gold does not contain real gold, unless they just happen to be mixed together by nature. Fools gold is pyrite.
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