This rock is a real beauty. Please help me identify it.it weighs 5 grams and it is non magnetic.
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Iron--not steel?Rock can scratch copper penny and iron nail can scratch the rock
Do they have any monetary value?Iron--not steel?
That would put its hardness between 3 and 4.5
Pics are blurry, but I think you've got what I call a parking lot pebble; the lighter colored material is likely quartz and the darker material limestone. (A fizzy reaction from cider vinegar will confirm limestone.)
Some of the prettiest rocks I've seen are parking lot pebbles. They could've started from anyplace north, and rolled down with the glaciers to become mixed in with the rest of the bank run gravel.
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No. You can buy stones like that already polished, by the bag or by the truckload.Do they have any monetary value?