WONDER #478: What Is Fool’s Gold?

Question 1 of 3

Which of the following is a shiny mineral made of iron and sulfur that looks very much like real gold?

1. pyrite
2. silver
3. copper
4. aluminum

Question 2 of 3

Gold is a metal, but pyrite is a what?

1. gas
2. quartz crystal
3. iron sulfide
4. vegetable

Question 3 of 3

Which of the following is NOT a shape that pyrite crystals usually take?

1. cube
2. octahedron
3. pyritohedron
4. dodecahedron

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