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• n  a common mineral (iron disulfide) that has a pale yellow color

• pyrite
• fool's gold

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• College Football Teams That Are BCS Fool's Gold
  The Oxford English Dictionary defines fool's gold, a substance known as iron pyrite, as "a brassy yellow mineral...that can be mistaken for gold." In the context of college football, fool's gold relates to teams that may, on the outside, appear to have that sweet, flaxen luster of competitiveness, but are actually not what they purport. To the untrained eye, these teams might look and act like ...
  Oct. 8, 2013 - Bleacher Report