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What is iron pyrite?

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Answer 1

gold

Answer 2

Answer 1 is incorrect. Iron Pyrite is commonly known as "Fool's Gold." It IS NOT gold; it only sort of looks like gold.

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Relevant answers:

How do you get iron from pyrite?
Iron is not generally recovered from pyrite. It would have to be a very unusual situation.
Is pyrite iron?
Pyrite isn't iron, but it does have iron in it. Pyrite is a mineral comprised of Iron and Sulphur, or FeS2.
Is iron pyrite malleable?
No, iron pyrite, unlike iron, is not malleable at all. It is a hard, inflexible rock.
What is the melting point of iron pyrite?
Pyrite, a sulfide of Iron. It melts around 1100 dgerees. Pulled from reference: http://lfie.net/finance/what-is-the-melting-temperature-of-fools-gold.html
Is iron pyrite magnetic?
No.