A Strange Rock. Thoughts?

Prospecting Australia

Help Support Prospecting Australia:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Joined
Aug 27, 2020
Messages
169
Reaction score
137
Ran the Nox800 over some old diggings the other day.......quite a few hot rocks, which I threw in the bag for the Dolly.
When i got home, scrubbed up a rather unusual looking one....and it's got me stumped.
It's about 14X10X5mm, and weighs 2.1gm.....the yellowish tinge caught my eye, which is why it went in the tub for a scrub.
It appears to be a real mixture of stuff, with some obvious crystals embedded, ranging from almost clear through to red and black.
My detectoring mate reckons it's part of a meteorite.......wouldn't discount that.
Don't know what the yellowish coating is.....guess I can live in hope :)
Would appreciate any opinions.

1602756421_2016_0131_102448_005_medium.jpg


1602756439_2016_0131_102539_006_medium.jpg


1602756461_2016_0131_102812_008_medium.jpg


1602756475_2016_0131_102941_009_medium.jpg
 
Deepseeker said:
Looks like neither fish nor fowl. Would be interesting to see what Goldierocks makes of it. Maybe post it in "Your Mineral Identification Questions" thread that he started?

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=24759

Thanks Deepseeker.....I'll do that now.....wasn't aware of that thread as I generally only check the specifically gold-related areas.

Edit: Original posting now copied over to "Mineral Identification Questions"thread.
 

Latest posts

Top