snativehorses247
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Hello I have never posted before but have read many posts in the different forums. I have always enjoyed visiting this site and have learned quite a bit.
I need help to identify a weird rock that I found in the woods on my property. I found this rock with my metal detector. It is a very heavy rock, for its size. I was curious about it because it set my metal detector off. I have read about hot rocks before but cannot find any examples that look like this rock. I hit it with a hammer to break it open. It broke fairly easily, more easily than a quartz rock. Inside there are many colors, streaks of a reddish color, streaks of yellow and a weird purple blob in one corner (on the inside). On the outside it looks like any common rock except for the angular squarish shape. I tried doing some tests on it. I ground up some of it and panned the material to try and see if there was possibly gold in it. There are some tiny specks of what seems like gold that stays on the bottom. It is very magnetic. Magnets will stick to it and when I ground some of it up there was a fine mostly black powder that stuck to the metal screwdriver I used. Any help, opinions or ideas would be greatly apprecieted!
The first picture is what it originally looked like before I broke it. The second two photos show the inside with the purple coloration in the top corners. The third photo is a smaller piece that broke off one side and shows the inside with gold or fools gold specks.
I need help to identify a weird rock that I found in the woods on my property. I found this rock with my metal detector. It is a very heavy rock, for its size. I was curious about it because it set my metal detector off. I have read about hot rocks before but cannot find any examples that look like this rock. I hit it with a hammer to break it open. It broke fairly easily, more easily than a quartz rock. Inside there are many colors, streaks of a reddish color, streaks of yellow and a weird purple blob in one corner (on the inside). On the outside it looks like any common rock except for the angular squarish shape. I tried doing some tests on it. I ground up some of it and panned the material to try and see if there was possibly gold in it. There are some tiny specks of what seems like gold that stays on the bottom. It is very magnetic. Magnets will stick to it and when I ground some of it up there was a fine mostly black powder that stuck to the metal screwdriver I used. Any help, opinions or ideas would be greatly apprecieted!
The first picture is what it originally looked like before I broke it. The second two photos show the inside with the purple coloration in the top corners. The third photo is a smaller piece that broke off one side and shows the inside with gold or fools gold specks.
