heavy metal ore

[M_M]

I found this material in the desert with my metal detector. It is the heaviest weight density I have ever come across. Makes me excited to wonder what a gold nugget really feels like. I sent a piece of the material to have it checked for being a meteorite. However a student checked it instead of the professor and concluded it wasn't. I assumed it is iron ore.

It isn't magnetic. The inside looks like metal. The blackish blue dust that comes off of it streaks a reddish brown but doesn't get picked up by a magnet either. It shines a little peacock color under a loupe.

Any ideas?

 

[DevilDog812]

cant help with what it is, but i can tell you that it isnt iron ore. if it was it would have at least some rust color and it would be attracted to a magnet

 

[High Plains Digger]

Lodestone is magnetic, so that is ruled out. Show us the inside of the cut piece.

 

[Breezie]

Tungsten ore In what state did you find them? Breezie

PS: Welcome to the forum!!!

 

[M_M]

I found them in California between an undisclosed GT and railroad tracks. I also found a type of button ore I posted awhile back.

The top picture shows a clean cut across the top that has aged.

In the second picture, the shiny part is from a piece I just pried off and has no oxidation yet.

A previous oxidizing piece is starting to turn a brassy copper color.

I think it is manganese ore. It is all metal though and the pieces are the size of coal give or take.

 

[BosnMate]

Peacock ore is copper, my guess is a high grade copper ore.