Super Heavy, metal looking rock!!!

[SRTNASTY]

check this big sucker out guys.. what metals do y'all think is in it??

 

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[SRTNASTY]

You guys think somebody would buy this thing whole as is OR should I crush it down and pan it and sell it at spot price ??

 

[pepperj]

What features does it have that makes you think it's gold?
Not saying it is or isn't, it's hard to figure it out from the photos.
Have you tested it yet?

 

[alloy_II]

Classic case of gold fever.

 

[crashbandicoot]

You guys think somebody would buy this thing whole as is OR should I crush it down and pan it and sell it at spot price ??

I think you,re getting the cart before the horse here.Determine for sure what you have before you start thinking of selling it and retiring for good. You may have a ton of gold,you may not.

 

[SRTNASTY]

I think you,re getting the cart before the horse here.Determine for sure what you have before you start thinking of selling it and retiring for good. You may have a ton of gold,you may not.

Leaves a yellow streak, on the streak test

 

[pepperj]

Leaves a yellow streak, on the streak test

And what acid does it hold up to?

 

[crashbandicoot]

Leaves a yellow streak, on the streak test

Still don,t mean you,ve got gold.Take it to an assayer or someone expert in the detection of gold in rock.And I don,t mean your brother in law!

 

[crashbandicoot]

We can expound all day on here and still not know what that is.You obviously believe it,s gold in there.Ultimately you,ve got to take it to some one who can determine that.I,d be looking in the yellow pages or maybe at any local University to find either an assayer or rock specialist or other person who can determine what you have,geologist maybe.Otherwise we,re all guessing,even you.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

See if a magnet will stick to it. To me it looks like some iron ore.

 

[SRTNASTY]

Doesn't stick too a 🧲 at all
.

 

[alloy_II]

Leaves a yellow streak, on the streak test

So will iron oxide.

Your persistence will eventually payoff but this rock ain't gonna win ya no prize.

 

[boogeyman]

So will iron oxide.

Your persistence will eventually payoff but this rock ain't gonna win ya no prize.

Have it checked. Then..... Worry about whether it's a specimen piece or if you're going to crush n pan. Might be a piece you could cut a slice off to test & make a cool paper weight out of the rest.

 

[alloy_II]

Have it checked. Then..... Worry about whether it's a specimen piece or if you're going to crush n pan. Might be a piece you could cut a slice off to test & make a cool paper weight out of the rest.

Its not a specimen peace, what were looking at is a badly weather oxidized outer skin, rock hounds have a name for that type of rock.

LEAVIT

Rock hounds carry a pick to break through the oxide layer.

 

[traveller777]

Alloy gave you great advise on checking as first step. Either cut into it or use a rock hammer (and safety glasses) and chip into it. I think you will find it looks different inside.

 

[alloy_II]

This large jade boulder is a good example of what lies below the oxide layer.

 

[TheGreenBoy]

I belive there is iron in irony.

 

[crashbandicoot]

I belive there is iron in irony.

There is iron in your words of irony,so too is there iron in your words of truth.To paraphrase Ten Bears!

 

[SRTNASTY]

I went ahead and broke it in half, and than broke a peice off that half. Looks like it goes through the rock and not just the exterior.