My mother laughs at me when I become so excited about something as simple or common as a stone. This one was found in a small outcropping off of hwy 52 just east of cole camp, MO on Sunday. Im not real sure what it is- lead, magnetite or even iron? There are many small, square dark/metallic crystals inbeded in it's orange matrix. The rock is only about an inch in diameter, but is heavier than a ball-bearing of the same size. Its pretty cool looking- the only things Ive ever seen like it were pyrite or galena... it may be, but its different in that its the colour of a dark pencil lead.
each crystal is about .2 cm long- the largest is ~1.2cmANY IDEAS?
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