im sure this has been asked many times but i have never heard the answer
2006-06-18 11:10:08 · 16 answers · asked by *DAN* 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Fool's gold has a minute value as a iron ore and possibly for the sulfur. Other than that the pyrite (fool's gold) isn't worth a thing in individual amounts.
2006-06-18 11:15:01 · answer #1 · answered by bunny_952000 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Iron pyrite retails in new age shops (where they are most likely to be found, with other semi precious stones and crystals) in the UK for £2.00 - £5.00 per cube or stone measuring 1cm across.
So there is a market value for iron pyrite crystals, at retail and wholesale prices. As there is a market for semi-precious stones, and so there are trading values depending on the market.
2006-06-19 11:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by Kreb D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fools gold (Pyrite or Iron Pyrites) is pretty much worthless, being iron sulphide. Good cubic crystals will only have any worth to mineral collectors, but even these are quite common.
2006-06-19 15:03:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats no longer gold, thats magnesium oxide and/or pyrite brought about by complicated water buildup over a protracted perioid of time. Gold has a extreme melting component, and it many times would not warmth frivolously
2016-12-08 10:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by sehorn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sells for the same price as many other mineral specimens you might buy at the museum gift shop, like a couple of bucks.
2006-06-18 11:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No real value. It's used in the manufacture of sulfur dioxide and sulfuric acid. It's true name is Pyrite.
2006-06-18 11:16:41 · answer #6 · answered by Mycroft 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is fools gold but the value is nothing
2006-06-18 11:13:59 · answer #7 · answered by Tyler H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is sold in tourist areas for about 2 dollars for a one or two inch piece. but in general it has no practial value
2006-06-18 11:14:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing!!! It's just a piece of yellow rock.
2006-06-18 12:46:52 · answer #9 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what price dreams
2006-06-18 11:30:24 · answer #10 · answered by bitsinbobs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋