Fool's Gold (Noun)
Meaning
A common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Prospectors were disappointed when they realized the shiny deposits they had discovered were just fool's gold and not the valuable metal they were searching for.
- The geology textbook explained that the iron disulfide deposits, commonly known as fool's gold, could be found in many parts of the world.
- As a beginner in rockhounding, she had trouble distinguishing between real gold and fool's gold, but with experience, she became more skilled at identifying the minerals.
- The creek bed was filled with glittering fragments of fool's gold, which sparkled enticingly in the sunlight.
- During the lesson, the science teacher used fool's gold to illustrate the differences between pyrite and the valuable minerals they had studied previously.