------Can you help me ID this Rock??

[thatsright]

Hi Folks. Got this ROCK last week at a museum. I bought it because it looks 'cool.'

The only thing Is I have no idea what this rock is called. Sorry for the not so great pic, but it is a 'gold-ish' color. Sort of a dull gold color, with maybe some zinc mixed into the color. Its is VERY shiny, with many, many teeny, tiny crystals on the surface. So when you put it up to the light, it sparkles a lot.

I'd like to give this as a gift, but would like to know what type of specimen this is called.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Shawn]

it's a meatier

 

[bootymac]

a crappy camera

 

[gistech1978]

pyrite?

 

[SWScorch]

hard to tell, but it might by pyrite, or fool's gold.

 

[The Stigenator]

i know what is looks like, from teh crappy picture. It something with an H.. now i forget the name..

but its not pyrite.. though it has a lot of mica in it, and pyrite does have mica.

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
i know what is looks like, from teh crappy picture. It something with an H.. now i forget the name..

but its not pyrite.. though it has a lot of mica in it, and pyrite does have mica.

Hematite?

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: screw3d

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
i know what is looks like, from teh crappy picture. It something with an H.. now i forget the name..

but its not pyrite.. though it has a lot of mica in it, and pyrite does have mica.

Hematite?

Looked like a rock to me, not some woman with extra parts. 😉

 

[screw3d]

Originally posted by: Bootprint

Originally posted by: screw3d

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
i know what is looks like, from teh crappy picture. It something with an H.. now i forget the name..

but its not pyrite.. though it has a lot of mica in it, and pyrite does have mica.

Hematite?

Looked like a rock to me, not some woman with extra parts. 😉

Unless you are joking, you are confusing it with hermaphrodite 😛

 

[TuxDave]

Pyrite?

 

[The Stigenator]

it could be a pyrite, but i think its a hematite.. a better picture would help.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: TheGoodGuy
it could be a pyrite, but i think its a hematite.. a better picture would help.

Hematite looks darkish....

 

[thatsright]

You know, the more I look at it, I'm pretty confident its Pyrite-a.k.a. Fools Gold. I just read how pyrite, when it is rubbed, it tends to loose its 'luster' or the 'shiny-ness' of its gold color. And this is already happening.

Thanks guys. And sorry bout the bum pic. But this is why I love ATOT!!

 

[TuxDave]

http://www.minerals.net/minera...ides/pyrite/pyrite.htm

If it's not pyrite.... scroll down to 'Simliar Minerals' or 'Commonly Occurs With'.

Maybe it's one of those.