DSMITH Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 hour ago, jasong said: Appears to be half of a well oxidized nodule or concretion of some sort. Common nodule forming minerals can be iron pyrite, maybe manganese. Usually they start from a "seed" in the center, can be a grain of sand or a fossil. Iron pyrite is non (or very weakly) magnetic, despite containing iron. Many different metallic minerals can form nodules though. Here is a photo from Google I snagged showing similar radial growth common in nodules, which your sample also exhibits and makes it almost certainly terrestrial in origin. This one was cracked in half by the owner and thus not oxidized internally yet though: well just checked with a magnet magnet does not attract, as far as TIDs on Legend it is ringing up 45-47 so i do not know are there any meteors that do not stick to a magnet??? all I can tell everyone is the Legend screams on it could it be just a odd looking hot rock ??? one for the finds box,Labeled Nothing Special LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 If you have a test kit, test for silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSMITH Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Rick N. MI said: If you have a test kit, test for silver. no test kit, do you have one you recommend ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 It's cheap enough on ebay and amazon. Price is about $20. It has different acids for testing gold karat, silver and platinum. You rub the rock or whatever it is, on a small tile provided and put a drop of acid on the streak. When the streak stays, it's what the acid says it is. When the streak disappears it isn't what you tested it for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSMITH Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 23 minutes ago, Rick N. MI said: It's cheap enough on ebay and amazon. Price is about $20. It has different acids for testing gold karat, silver and platinum. You rub the rock or whatever it is, on a small tile provided and put a drop of acid on the streak. When the streak stays, it's what the acid says it is. When the streak disappears it isn't what you tested it for. thanks will order one do I just search test hits for gold or what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 It's not gold. And on the side that looks broken open doesn't look like silver. I don't think it's silver now. I think it's a rock. Someone will be able to identify it. It's still good to have the test kit around so if you find a ring and you want to test it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. MI Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Search gold testing kit. Some of them have silver and platinum too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YubaJ Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Might possibly be hematite; don't know if that's magnetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Arsenopyrite. Very common in this area. I have found dozens of them, up to 2" while dredging. A good gold indicator. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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