Help, what on Earth is this?

[JccEldreth]

Found in South side Virginia. Just laying on top of the ground.

 

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[lairmo]

Can't really tell if it's stone/metal?

 

[aguerrero56]

scrap cuttings is my guess

 

[JccEldreth]

Can't really tell if it's stone/metal?

Not magnetic.

 

[JccEldreth]

scrap cuttings is my guess

Nothing cut anywhere close to it. Just on the ground next to a driveway.
Kids have been picking them up for years.

 

[JccEldreth]

Can't really tell if it's stone/metal?

Pretty sure it's Stone.

 

[lairmo]

scrap cuttings is my guess

Scrap cuttings from what? Stonework nearby that small?

 

[aguerrero56]

Disregard my comment, didn't realize this was posted in the "rocks/gem" section.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Pyrite or limonite after pyrite (pseudomorph). A streak test with a brown streak = limonite.

 

[DDancer]

Look up Devils Dice As EU says a streak test will point the way.

 

[Indian Steve]

Galena crystals. I'm In Patrick County VA and they are all over my yard. Most are still in big chunks of quartz.

 

[IAMZIM]

Looks like limonite after pyrite cubes as Eu citzen and DDancer suggest. I have many of these in my collection from an area I hunt for mule deer here in Montana.

 

[JccEldreth]

Look up Devils Dice As EU says a streak test will point the way.

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Ok, I hate to ask, but what is a streak test?
Just rubbing it across something? Thank you!

 

[JccEldreth]

Galena crystals. I'm In Patrick County VA and they are all over my yard. Most are still in big chunks of quartz.

Hi again, do not recall seeing any quarts near them, I am thinking the limonite maybe the answer. But there are tons of quarts in the area, an old gold mine not to far away too.
I did get back to fairy stone Park with the grand kids, they had a ball looking for rocks, but had more fun on the paddle boats. We ran out of time, or I would have taken you up on hunting your yard, thanks again.
Thanks,

 

[stdenis_jd]

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Ok, I hate to ask, but what is a streak test?
Just rubbing it across something? Thank you!

streak test is done by pressing and dragging across unglazed porcelain to leave a streak of the pulverized material. The color of the streak is not always the same (actually is often different) from the color of the mineral. Unglazed porcelain can be found on a "streak plate" or in a pinch, the underside of a toilet tank lid