Pyrite, aka fools gold, found with my Son in Goldsboro, NC

Gilligan

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hi gilligan, did you try to see if a magnet is atracted to those j shaped ones.
 

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Nope, the magnet did not stick, and when you look at the broken ends, it is just solid pyrite, no core of metal
 

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Maybe the hook like things are related to filled in cavities where Pyrite filled "empty" spaces in the rock.
 

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Eu_citzen said:
Maybe the hook like things are related to filled in cavities where Pyrite filled "empty" spaces in the rock.

Good point, perhaps they were bug holes, I never thought of that
 

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