munroney Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 i searched the peruvian desert for 3 days and found many rocks with high magnetism. It seemed like every other rock that i cut open had some type of metals inside. some you could see with the naked eye and some only with a 10x magnifien glass. I found multiple different types, most completely black with what looked like fusion crust.I have 2 that contain trace amounts of what looks like gold. Ive attatched a picture of the one bearing gold. You can clearly see one big flake, but the other smalled specks of metal can only be seen with the eye. Most of the other specimens look similar on the outside but only have silver metals on the inside. I can add more pictures if needed. The main question is: Because there are metals inside, is it possible it can be a normal rock? I cut similar looking rocks with high magnetism but saw no metals inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Ron Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hard to tell from pix but looks like hematite ...What is the streak? Cheers, Unc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Looks like hematite to me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regmaglitch Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Munroney, They are correct, it looks like hematite. And it will streak red or rusty brown. Keep on searching. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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