Lanier is the largest lake in Georgia, having nearly 700 miles of shoreline spread over 38,000 acres. The water in Lake Lanier comes from Georgiaâs Blue Ridge Mountains.
fine gold. Almost pure gold; the value of bullion gold depends on its percentage of fineness. In placer mining, gold in exceedingly small particles.
Definition. 'Fool's gold' is an expression used to describe the mineral pyrite, sometimes called iron pyrite. The name fool's gold comes from when novice gold prospectors mistook tiny pieces of pyrite for gold when panning for it during old mining days.However, on close inspection, the mineral really looks nothing like gold.hysical Properties. Pyrite rates a hardness of 6 to 6.5 on Mohs hardness scale, the scale used by geologists to describe a mineral's resistance to being scratched. For comparison, quartz has a hardness of 7, diamond has a hardness of 10, and gold has a hardness of 2.5.