Silver looking mineral?

Question

Please can someone tell me the name of a silver looking mineral which is heavy for a small size, it could be related to strength and the march gemstone, but it is not the march birthstone which is of a aqua color,

Please help

They sell these stones at giftshops in all themeparks in america and you can pick what you want and fill a bag for something like $5

Answer 1

It's most likely hematite. While hematite can be magnetic, its magnetism is not always very strong. The best way to test if it's hematite is to scratch it on a piece of porcelain or white granite...something white and harder than the rock you have. If the streak has a reddish color, it's hematite (an iron ore). If the streak is gray, it's galena (lead ore).

I'm 99.9% sure it's hematite, though.

Answer 2

silver on occasion occurs by using fact the mineral close by silver. that's, regardless of the certainty that, a metallic so some distance as its elemental habit. that's, silver is basically continuously seen a metallic, regardless of if it occurs by using fact the mineral silver or as a constituent of yet another mineral like silver sulfide, or as an alloy in another compound. So, it rather is the two a metallic frequently words and a mineral particularly situations.

Answer 3

As was mentioned above, mercury is liquid at room temperature (and is toxic!) so there are only three minerals with metallic silver luster that come immediately to mind:

hematite is an iron oxide that can have a red or silver luster

magnetite is similar but as the name suggests will be magnetic

but probably it is galena, a lead sulphite which is very dense at nearly 8g/cm cubed that you are thinking of as it forms isometric crystals (perfect cubes therefore cubic cleavage)

Answer 4

First thing to do is dump the answers with mercury in them. The big problem with selling it in pieces is that is a liquid at room temperature unless it is in one of the ore forms such as cinnabar. It is silver but you don't want mercury in much of anything as it is also toxic. As in poisonous. Galena could fit the description though most of the 3 for a dollar stones are tumble polished and galena just doesn't take to that kind of treatment. As I remember it's a rather fragile lead sulfide with a cubic crystal form. Pretty but a lousy gem. Hematite is your most likely in that it is available in three colors (red, black, and grey/silver) is a very common form of iron ore and, while it is rather soft, it polishes very well. As it is an iron ore, a prime source for the industry, it's easy to find in quantity so is cheap enough to be sold in mass quantities.

Answer 5

Haematite and Galena are most likely, but a possibility is Marcasite, or "White Pyrite", a silvery coloured iron sulfide closely related to the more familiar "Fool's Gold", Pyrite. It has a specific gravity of 4.9 so it's fairly heavy, though not as much so as Galena (about 7) or Haematite (variable but over 5). It is a lot harder than many other "heavies" though, making it more appealing as a jewelry item.

Answer 6

Sounds as if it could be Galena which is an ore of lead and breaks leaving bright silvery cubic pieces. There are a number of other minerals that fit the description but without seeing it there is no way I can be more exact.

Answer 7

It's almost certainly Galena (lead sulphide). Possibly a form of Haematite (iron oxide), but this is quite soft, and magnetic. It's definitely not Platinum or Mercury (!).

Trust me.... I'm a geologist!

Answer 8

It sounds like a mineral called GALENA, which is lead sulphide and the principal ore mineral of lead. This would account for its weight.

Answer 9

I think it is MERCURY bcoz it is very shiny ( Like Silver )..and It is the very heavy compared to other metals and if u r talking about stone or gems then it is DIAMOND which is very heavy( In Stength as u asked for) ....

Answer 10

Mercury