Heres a good metallic ore sample. What is it?

[4Strokes1Pick&Poke]

Here's a good metallic ore sample. What is it?

Does not set off Garrett Pro AT metal detector, might be too small for pin detector. Is not magnetic. Hardness, scratches with a nail with effort (the metallic silver) Desert location.

 

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Carbon?

 

[tamrock]

It has a look of galena to me. When you scatch it with a nail does it scar like something metal or is it hard, flaky and brittle?

 

[4Strokes1Pick&Poke]

Very hard to scratch you have to press hard to make a mark. When it does mark its a line from the nail tip let me get a better picture in the sun. It's confusing, also it does have a slight slight magnetic pull I think. If I had to go magnetic or not I would lean more to the not. The gold in the picture has a reflection as we'll. Could this possibly be a telluride like calaverite, Altaite, Sylvanite, Petzite, Hessite?

 

[austin]

Sure looks like galena(lead) to me too. Have a sample from childhood sitting right here and if I knew how to post a pic, I'd show you...

 

[4Strokes1Pick&Poke]

Yeah I figured that too and it would make since. I would think if it's a precious metal Austin the metal detector would pick it up. Now that I took the rare earth magnet it does pick it up. And it's too hard for galena I see that all the time and can honestly say no on that. It wouldn't be that hard and magnetic being lead even if it was a silver mix.

 

[4Strokes1Pick&Poke]

I would feel stupid if it was galena because I work with it all the time unless it's getting more into element silver. Here is a pick of silver lead galena I'm used too. More lead and dull.

 

[4Strokes1Pick&Poke]

Yeah your right Austin

 

[4Strokes1Pick&Poke]

Solved! I don't know how to mark it.

 

[tamrock]

Could be a rare earth element Galena would definitely scratch easier then what your saying it scratches like.