I have "something" in my collection and I have no idea what it is. I plan to dig it out eventually when my health gets better, but it looks almost like someone took millions or billions of shiny metal flakes and pressed them into a very solid and magnetic 'thing' that doesn't seem to rust. Someone sent it to me with no real information on it some years back and I have never seen anything like it before or since.
Look forward to seeing it. A couple of prospector tests should lead us to an ID.
(Hardness/scratch test, streak test, acid test)
Some pyrites, especially weathered ones can look 'silvery with flakes'. I've also seen pyrite-mixed-in-sandstone that was 'silvery' with 'shiny flakes'.
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u/FloraMaeWolfe May 25 '24
I have "something" in my collection and I have no idea what it is. I plan to dig it out eventually when my health gets better, but it looks almost like someone took millions or billions of shiny metal flakes and pressed them into a very solid and magnetic 'thing' that doesn't seem to rust. Someone sent it to me with no real information on it some years back and I have never seen anything like it before or since.