Question

pyrite is a yellowish mineral that looks like gold and is commonly called fools gold​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Pyrite, also called iron pyrite or fool's gold, a naturally occurring iron disulfide mineral. The name comes from the Greek word pyr, “fire,” because pyrite emits sparks when struck by metal. Pyrite is called fool's gold; to the novice its colour is deceptively similar to that of a gold nugget.

Answer 2

Pyrite is commonly called fools gold as it looks like gold to untrained eyes.

Explanation:

• Pyrite is a brass-yellow mineral with a shiny metallic luster. much like gold, pyrite is brittle and could spoil instead of bend as gold does.
• Gold leaves a yellow streak, whilst pyrite's streak is brownish-black.  
• It has a chemical composition of iron sulfide and is the maximum, not unusual place sulfide mineral. It paperwork at excessive and occasional temperatures and occurs, commonly in small quantities, in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks worldwide.