What kind of rock is this?

[Bink29]

I found these while digging around near Kingman, Arizona. The bigger 1 is 47g and the smaller 1 is 7g. They feel heavy for their size. I can pick them up with a magnet but they will not hit on a metal detector. It looks like they have speckles of fools gold in them?

 

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[allen]

someone should be able to id this for you,
just wont be me.
put it on the meteor forum also.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Metamorphic: Tough rock with layers (foliation) of light and dark minerals, often curved; various colors; often glittery from mica....Metamorphic rocks are the third great class of rocks. These are what happens when sedimentary and igneous rocks become changed, or metamorphosed, by conditions underground. The four main agents that metamorphose rocks are heat, pressure, fluids and strain. These agents can act and interact in an infinite variety of ways. As a result, most of the thousands of rare minerals known to science occur in metamorphic ("shape-changed") rocks. Metamorphism acts at two scales, the regional scale and the local scale. This looks like your "rock" cheers, Mike

 

[Bink29]

Interesting. Thanks for the info..

 

[WinchesterDigger]

I'd say Magnetite....

I used to find them in Death Valley when I detected Ghost Towns. I use to think they were meteorites til I was informed by UCLA's Geology Dept. You

 

[WinchesterDigger]

Sorry, I sent the reply before I finished....

You can do a scratch test on the back of a piece of tile.....if it leaves a colored "scrape" it's an Earth rock....if it scratches without a color...then further investigation may tell you it is a meteorite. I'm no expert, I'm just passing along info I was told by UCLA.

 

[CRUSADER]

I'm going with 'stone'

 

[spartacus53]

maybe a metorite

 

[Woodland Detectors]

http://www.star-bits.com/ID.htm Read this

 

[Bink29]

Good link 4-H. Thanks for all the info.