PA find

[dawnhvr]

Streak: grey
Very heavy.
Found in western PA creek bed. By avid rock hunter.
Tests metallic

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Could be magnetite.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Magnetic? Hardness?

 

[JasonG]

Grey streak can be indicative of galena, it can look a bit like native metal sometimes too.

EU Citizen's tests should confirm it. Also, smell it for sulphur, might need to scratch it a bit.

 

[omurcelik]

u can look here


Mineral Identification Key - Table IB

 

[dawnhvr]

Slightly magnetic

 

[dawnhvr]

No sulfer smell

 

[Eu_citzen]

I was thinking pyrite/Marcasite at first. Will a knife scratch it? If not, I'd stay with pyrite/Marcasite.

 

[dawnhvr]

Nothing scratches it

 

[dawnhvr]

Very heavy. Magnetic. Gray streak