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Hi everyone! 

I found a interesting rock with metallic luster here at home in Texas. I think it might be a mineral rock but I have know clue as to what type of mineral, Thankfully we have sites like this one for rookies like me that don’t have a clue about rocks and fossils. I have posted pics of the rock and would love to know what everyone else thinks about what mineral type it could be, thanks y’all!

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Are their bubbles in the piece or are those natural holes? If those are bubbles in the piece then it is not naturally formed; melted with human help.

 

How hard in the rock? How dense? Is it malleable?

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1 hour ago, ynot said:

Hematite is most likely.

Can You do a streak test? (rub it on unglazed porcelain and note the color of the mark.)

Yes I conducted a streak test I’ve never had to do one until now so I hope I did it right. I’ll post the picture of the result

 

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2 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said:

Are their bubbles in the piece or are those natural holes? If those are bubbles in the piece then it is not naturally formed; melted with human help.

 

How hard in the rock? How dense? Is it malleable?

It’s very soft and it’s heavy, yes it has a few holes in fact The bigger hole is on the tip but most of the whole is covered with what looks like to me as tiny crystals. I’ve posted a pic to show you what I mean

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Lead?  Maybe someone was making bullets or melted it for whatever reason.

 

 

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Did a scratch test with a copper penny ...pic results are posted for y’all to see

 

 

 

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10 hours ago, jedijackie said:

It’s very soft and it’s heavy, yes it has a few holes in fact The bigger hole is on the tip but most of the whole is covered with what looks like to me as tiny crystals.

Soft and heavy fits with lead.

Can not see what "crystals"  you are referring too because the fingers are in focus but the area with the hole is not.

Can You post a picture with the area in focus?

 

I can see bits of sand/rock stuck to the second piece. This fits with a lead melt also.

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Put an edge into a propane torch flame if it melts easily its most likely some kind of lead. A local scrap metal recycling yard will tell you what it is. It may have some recycling value.

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On 6/21/2018 at 6:14 AM, jedijackie said:

I found another one except this one is shaped differently 

 

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Definitely a humanite.

 

 

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On 6/21/2018 at 1:01 AM, jedijackie said:

Did a scratch test with a copper penny ...pic results are posted for y’all to see

 

 

 

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I hope that penney was not a 1909S VDB or a 1922 plain!

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Ya, I'm not sure using a pristine wheat penny is the best thing to use for the scartch test.  

It tends to make numismatist's cringe.:o

 

Answer me this. You said it was very soft and yet it scratches copper.

By soft are you referring to it being malleable or what?

 

 

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2 hours ago, caldigger said:

Ya, I'm not sure using a pristine wheat penny is the best thing to use for the scartch test.  

It tends to make numerologist's cringe.:o

 

Answer me this. You said it was very soft and yet it scratches copper.

By soft are you referring to it being malleable or what?

 Yes... if I were to get a hammer it will probably flatten 

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Thinking the part that scratched the penny may have been some of those embedded sand grains. I still feel it's lead.

Have you tried the melt test as of yet?

 

 

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7 hours ago, jedijackie said:

Yes... if I were to get a hammer it will probably flatten 

Gold and lead are the only minerals that fit Your descriptions (except scratching penny) and this is not gold--- so it must be lead.

Lead does not appear like this in nature. Must be a "humanite" type of lead.

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I put a torch on it and it took about a minute for it to start melting.  This is what it looked like after it cooled 

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