🔎 UNIDENTIFIED I need this rock identified...

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It's large with gold flakes all through it.. the rock is about 1 foot wide and about 6 inches deep and about 1.2 feet long... it's heavy 48 pounds.. and it's so small.. the flakey stuff matched my gold ring when doing scratch test the little shiney black rocks break off fairly easy then they are solid as u see in the pics.. and the golf flakes are bendy they dont break the fold when u bend them
.. it's a mystery for
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It's large with gold flakes all through it.. the rock is about 1 foot wide and about 6 inches deep and about 1.2 feet long... it's heavy 48 pounds.. and it's so small.. the flakey stuff matched my gold ring when doing scratch test the little shiney black rocks break off fairly easy then they are solid as u see in the pics.. and the golf flakes are bendy they dont break the fold when u bend them
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It's a piece of Mica Schist - a metamorphic rock. The "gold" flakes are biotite mica, a form of silica. The darker crystals are either Garnet (most likely) or Staurolite.
Thanks for the reply ....I see that the biotite mica doesn't match my stone.. I have some of that here tho that is like a clear flake when u look closely... this stuff on the rock doesn't go clear it stays the solid gold colour... and the mica doesn't bend like this stuff... idk tho🤷‍♀️
 

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Thanks for the reply ....I see that the biotite mica doesn't match my stone.. I have some of that here tho that is like a clear flake when u look closely... this stuff on the rock doesn't go clear it stays the solid gold colour... and the mica doesn't bend like this stuff... idk tho🤷‍♀️
Sounds like you already have an idea of what you have. What do you think it is?
 

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Lol well I hope ur sincere cuz thanks :)
Of course I am sincere. I do not think it is gold but you think it is so I hope so for you, and I hope that it is very valuable. Good luck.
 

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