Cracked open a rock only to find an amazing surprise inside

[chriseneim]

Found this today up in carefree Arizona. Looked interesting and was really dense and heavy for its size. It has a black crust on it and some weird black crystals in it aswell. The small pieces are just from a small piece of it. I still have almost the whole thing to break down. What do you guys think

 

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[JeromeAz]

Can't see it real good but looks it might be gold.

 

[loco oro]

looks real good ,peacock ore maybe? AZ .. where theres copper theres sometimes gold ,where theres gold theres sometimes copper.cool find.

 

[DesertNuggets]

Granite, magnetite, and hornblende. The black crust is desert varnish. My guess anyway..

 

[jair]

Found this today up in carefree Arizona. Looked interesting and was really dense and heavy for its size. It has a black crust on it and some weird black crystals in it aswell. The small pieces are just from a small piece of it. I still have almost the whole thing to break down. What do you guys think

. It looks like it was in a highbrow thermal vein
And that is a very good area for gold to form as it could be leached out of se rounding host rock . Hard to tell from pix . I do fire assay's when I find something that makes me ask questions of such . May be something or may not .

 

[Clay Diggins]

Pretty rock.

It's Chalcopyrite with a little Bornite. That mine is owned by a friend of mine. I've been familiar with that ore since 1980. It does contain some gold values but that small of a piece isn't going to net you much, if any, gold.

jair is right, it's a rich hydrothermal deposit. The cap is mostly missing off the gossan but the structure is still evident.

 

[chriseneim]

Awesome info guys thanks a million.