Pyrite or Gold?

[theroots]

Weighs 1.2 oz. Hard. Some flat crystal like surfaces. Scraped with knife and it won't flake. Last picture is next to my gold wedding band. Pictures taken just left of a window during a downpour (very cloudy).

 

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[AU Seeker]

It doesn't look like gold to me, but that doesn't mean it isn't, You say you scraped it with a knife and it didn't flake, did the knife do anything to the specimen, a scratch, scrape mark etc.?

Try pushing the point of the knife into it, if it's gold it should at least make a [FONT=Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]noticeable[/FONT] mark/indent where the point of your knife is pushed into the specimen, gold is malleable, a soft metal and as such will be marked by enough pressure from a steel knife blade.

 

[osage express]

http://www.crystalradio.net/minerals/pyrite.jpg
pyrite ...if you look at the center of the piece you have you can see the same crystal stucture ......Pyrite

 

[AU Seeker]

Also pyrite has a hardness of 6 to 6.5, steel has a hardness of around 5 depending on the type of steel, so a knife wouldn't scrape/scratch pyrite, pure gold on the other hand has a hardness of 2.5 to 3. and would be easily scratched by your knife

I also think it's pyrite.

I would suggest hitting it with a hammer and you would see it shatter, but it's too nice of a specimen for me to suggest that, keep it for what it is a nice pyrite specimen!

 

[weregolf]

Pyrite and some solid iron?

 

[theroots]

Y'all are right - it's pyrite. Ran my metal detector across it and not a peep. Sure looks good though Thanks everyone.