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Iron ore?
Oct 29th, 2023 at 9:45pm
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Found this one in San Bernardino mountains it's real heavy. I cut a piece off and it's metallic on the inside. Maybe pyrite with what I researched.
  
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Re: Iron ore?
Reply #1 - Oct 30th, 2023 at 8:21pm
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Yes, looks like some concentrated iron formation. There may be some Magnetite in there, too. Is it at all magnetic?
  
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Reply #2 - Oct 30th, 2023 at 8:27pm
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A magnet does stick to it. But it doesn't attract.
  
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Reply #3 - Nov 2nd, 2023 at 9:18pm
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Just thinking, (I know, I'm trying to quit), but if it did have strong enough magnetism to attract objects I believe it would be called Lodestone?
  
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Re: Iron ore?
Reply #4 - Nov 3rd, 2023 at 8:49am
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I agree with you that it could be iron pyrite.  Just a very weathered and oxidized.  The iron in the pyrite would explain why they magnet sticks to it.
  
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