The 'gold' veins here are iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold Is there gold in the Sperrin Mountains? Dalradian believes the site could yield 100 tonnes of gold, 48 tonnes of silver and 15,000 ...

Pyrite, chemically known as iron sulfide (FeS₂), is one of Earth’s most common sulfide minerals. Miners and prospectors have encountered it for centuries, often confusing it with gold due to ...

Sometimes, there's more to iron pyrite than meets the eye. While testing it to differentiate between fool's gold and real gold, it's possible to find tiny amounts of real gold inside. And that's ...