Im trying to find out what exactly this is. Any information would help. Please go to my myspace to look at it.
http://www.myspace.com/xaureolex
the picture is on the main page. thanks.
2007-02-05 08:06:17 · 8 answers · asked by ashuhhley 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
fyi: its not fools gold.
2007-02-05 08:44:52 · update #1
it looks like pyrite, FeS2
if you powder it (or crush it, called streak), it should smell like rotten eggs (sulfur) the powder (streak) is also brown. streak is properly tested by scratching the rock along a porcelain tray. (you may can try the unglazed-underside of your mom's dishes with her permission)
crystals should have striations (stripes). crystals are cubes.
when you break it, it will not break into cubes (glassy fracture).
hope that is it! pyrite is very common and crystals are very inexpensive in the US. pyrite is commonly known as 'fools gold'.
2007-02-05 08:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by theoutcrop 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Looks to me like it is pyrite (fools gold).
2007-02-05 16:30:45 · answer #2 · answered by geojen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like a large piece of "fools gold" or a large piece of aluminum foil !
2007-02-05 16:11:39 · answer #3 · answered by tooldaddy2003 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It looks like zinc to me. My father worked in Baffin Island in the arctic in Canada at a mine and brought me back a rock that looked almost the same and it was zinc.
2007-02-05 16:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
looks kinda like fools gold. good luck
2007-02-05 16:10:12 · answer #5 · answered by melissapinkfloyd 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It looks like iron pyrite or galena.
Look on eBay; lots of samples of those for sale there, with photos.
2007-02-05 16:10:41 · answer #6 · answered by Curt Monash 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
is it fools gold
2007-02-05 16:57:56 · answer #7 · answered by Umang D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is really heavy? Is it magnetic? My guess is either magnetite, pyrite or galena.
2007-02-05 16:09:25 · answer #8 · answered by tchem75 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋