Giving Gold To My Grandson

Hehehe...too bad it isn't real gold or your grandson would be quite rich...LOL...The technical term for fool's gold is Pyrite--I have a chunk of it..somewhere around here that I got a long time ago, along with my other "rocks" that I collect..uh, to match the rocks in my head perhaps?

Well you know Tyler will love it but he would love any ole rock he just doesnt care he seems to love them all.

It most likely is pyrite. Beautiful gold color but it stays on the surface of sand in water unlike real gold that sinks to the bottom. I gave a large chunk about the size of a quarter to my oldest daughter when she was eight and she still treasures that pretty stone. So yes it was good of you to give it to your grandson. He will treasure it.

Well fool's gold is also known as iron sulphide (I remember from watching "Silence of the Lambs"!), but I couldn't tell from the picture if that's specifically what it is. I'm no rockologist either!

Sorry I can not be of any help with telling you what type of rock that is but it is very unusual and pretty. I would also like to see the after picture after your grandson puts it through the rock tumbler. Gold pieces, hmmm, does a gold filling count? I also like your term, rockologist. By the way, it looks like someone took a bite out of that rock.

I give my grandaughter thats 10 all sorts of rocks, crystals and gemstones for her collection. I just call it fools gold too. Since she's still losing teeth i always put a dollar coin under her pillow..those are gold kinda of..haha

woww..., that is really a nice piece of stone grandpa... i am not a rock expert and i don't have any idea what the rock is called by looking at the picture... all i know that it is a very nice piece of rock and i think your grandson will definitely love it... take care and have a nice day...

Yup, I think pyrite is the word for it--& have to agree with you grandpa bob that "rockologist" definitely rocks ;)! And sounds like your grandson will be loving that rock... Sad to say I have yet to find real gold, but I do remember myself as a kid trying to hunt for shiny stuff in the crevices of our floorboard! Just had this thought that some sort of treasure might be buried underneath them wooden planks...lol all I got though was just dust Anyhow, your post reminded me of this news article that I saw the other day about this guy whose grandpop gave him a metal mug when he was a kid--turns out, it was an ancient gold Persian relic!! around $988,000 worth! Have you heard of this story?? Check it out at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080528/od_afp/lifestylebritainauctionhistory_080528122922 hmm, then again maybe you just might find something priceless for your grandson in the future! ;)

Pyrite is commonly known as Fool's gold because it resembles gold very good. Your specimen might be a combination of pyrite (iron sulphide - FeS2) and chalcopyrite (copper and iron sulphide - CuFeS2) which is somewhat yellow-greenish, slightly different than pyrite's clear golden color. I can't tell from this picture, but if,at a closer look, or even under a magnifying glass, you can see cubic (ore cube edges) crystals, that's what you've got: pyrite or a combination of pyrite and chalcopyrite.

Hey Bob, we do have a perfect rock that fits a fools gold description. My middle Son came running in one afternoon while we were on vacation in Arkansas, he ran in gold gold gold.... My uncle Raymond took that rock and bit it and said son you are rich beyond your wildest dreams.... My Son so excited said yes I know..... Uncle Raymond said you have pyrite. to this day it holds a special place in the great rocks of our home LMAO.

I don't see why he shouldn't have it AGB -sounds like it is something he will really enjoy! I think it is called pyrite or something like that -- I am pretty sure that is the real name for it - hope he has great fun polishing it! xxxx

that could by pyrite-that's known as fools gold. the pyrite i saw all over the ground in arizona,kind of had a slight flake quality to it-sort of like mica,but stronger.

yep Grandpa Bob its fools gold or iron pyrites . I have'a goodly collection of pieces of it all nice and shiny along with a bunch of other rocks, like pink quartz, amethyst, and agates and devils tears and some obsidian. i love to' rock collect and even have some geodes I bought at our orange'county fair. I would love to get a rock tumble, that'would be such fun for me. the geodes werecut open and have pretty'crystal formations inside of them.I had some pieces'of 'Black Hills gold and like a real idiot I sold them. they were so pretty as they used several different shadesof gold in them including a rosy gold.I was a newly wed then and did not realize how much they were really worth.now the 'same pieces are really quite expensive and i had sold them for peanuts. too bad we don't acquire better brains when we are young and in love!

Children arecareless to handle real gold...but yes thats an intresting piece of rock u have there...i and my son often pick large pieces of stones and rocks when we go outwhen we r back ...he loves to paint them in all colours..it looks like his stone painting..hehee

I sure do have a few gold coins. I just had them appraised last month and the guy wanted to give me quite a sum for them w/o telling me the appraisal. lol Finally got it out of him what they are worth and I fell to the floor in shock. 10 gold coins worth...ready for this, Grandpa Bob?...a cool 8 grand, rounded up slightly.

Actually, Bob, it could be real gold because gold is found with quartz. Fools gold is often found in cubic crystals.

Hi GRANDPA BOB! I really think at first glance, it was a gold nugget! haha..So if it is a fool's gold then I was fooled. haha..Sorry I really don't know what kind of rock is that but it sure like it has some metallic gold in it. I am sure your grandson will find that awesome! Take Care and God Bless! Have a smile in your heart always!

i never have any idea what's that piece of stone named of because i am not fond of collecting such items. i used to have a piece of gold when i was in college. it was a gift from my father. but when i graduated from college i have it molded into a necklace. i have that necklace for a long time, not until when i climb the highest peak of the mountain here in the Philippines. i lost it on our way of climbing the peak.

Children are careless to handle real gold...but yes thats an intresting piece of rock u have there...i and my son often pick large pieces of stones and rocks when we go outwhen we r back ...he loves to paint them in all colours..it looks like his stone painting..hehee