✅ SOLVED Heavy Iron like rock, what is it?

[Keiki]

Found this metal rock while digging a hole aprox 2ft deep in South Florida. It's aprox. 4" high by 2" wide. A magnet sticks to it. It is extremely heavy for its size, 1lb 2 oz. would love to identify it
Any help is appreciated .

 

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[Mud Hut]

Chromite?

 

[Johnbrian]

Hematite?

 

[4x4x4]

Magnetite?

 

[Mud Hut]

Leaverite?

 

[A2coins]

Trylobite LOL Welcome to tnet I just wanted to go along with everyone else

 

[flinthunter]

Looks a lot like pyrite to me.

 

[A2coins]

All right everyone its time to flyrite

 

[against the wind]

Take it to a local museum.
Wouldn't it be great if that rock turns out to be a meteorite??

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

I agree with Flinthunter. Looks like Iron Pyrite... which in some forms is attracted to a magnet.

As additional evidence... you said it is unusually heavy for its size. Tthe Specific Gravity of granite is 2.65, and iron pyrite's SG is 5 (about twice as heavy as granite). For comparison, the Specific gravity of cast-iron is 7.1.

Your specimen mist have been transported by a human to where you found it, because such stones are not "native" to South Florida.

 

[Keiki]

Here are some close up picks, maybe this will help.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Yep, the additional photos help. Definitely iron pyrite... whose distinctive "cubic" crystal form is clearly evident at several places in the photos.

 

[Keiki]

Thank You Highly Appreciated!!