Strange Rock Found. Need Help!!

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I found this rock by this creek that isn't even a mile away from Lake Erie. It was cool looking with the Water Horse egg look. The rock was very heavy too. When I found it, the rock had a crack straight down in the middle. Since I'm not an expert and I don't collect rocks, I decided to crack it open. Inside I found this black rock with tons of other crystals/rocks inside of it. I'm a research geek so I decided to see what it is. I looked all over online and couldn't find a thing that could help me. My parents said that the black rock is coal. I'm really confused because the crystals inside look exactly like diamonds. My mom and I did research from gems, diamonds, crystals, meteorites. Nothing seems to fit this rock. ???

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The exterior suggests that its a pegmatite and the interior that of a basalt origin. Considering the shape its probably a remnant from glaciation in the region. Neat shape.
The exterior shows the most detail. Basically its a conglomeration of large crystals that has survived time to be as you found it.
 

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Run it through a rock crusher and pan it! If you find free mil gold (which you just mite) hunt it's brothers and sisters. Some pegmatites, especially dark ones, are gold bearing.
 

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We are currently doing that right now. Thank you so much!
 

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not all of us have a crusher lol.
 

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What you have might be a weathered piece of kimberlite. Kimberlite looks like a breciated stone and has crystals enclosed. It looks like there were a couple of garnets...red/orange in color. One way you can tell for sure, is take a piece of the rock with the clear crystals and either remove the crystals or soak the whole small piece with the crystals (including the seperated crystals) in a plastic container for 24 hours using a solution of hydroflouric acid (which is obtained at Walmart at the rust remover shelf, and is in a bottle called WHINK). Be careful, that solution is very dangerous even when weak. If the crystals show signs of etching under a microscope, then they are not diamonds. Diamonds are pure carbon and impervious to the acid.
 

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