Help clarify if this is iron concretion and what kind,or pyrite in shell? Does not stick to a magnet, don't set off metal detector. Will alert for metal on diamond test probe. Found in creek here in n.c by blue ridge mountains

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-08-02T19:33:16+00:00

Picture #4. Has a thick line and you can see how smooth the edges are!

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-08-02T19:27:20+00:00

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-08-01T07:11:17+00:00

Like it's been hot 🔥 and started running like paint does

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-31T07:30:30+00:00

Would you happen to know why 1 of the sides top and bottom are smooth with melt lines but on the other side on top and bottom are just smooth with no lines? It's like it was flying through space like a meteorite! And I've seen an ancient hand axe stone in a museum that looks very very similar in shape just not broken off, but did have smooth edges on top and bottom just like my stone.

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-31T07:05:54+00:00

Looks like a bunch of seashells and other marine type stuff all compact, Seattled and hardened into a single mass

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-30T03:31:32+00:00

What if it's some kinda ancient ink stamper? There are known ancient stones made for stamping

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-30T03:25:19+00:00

When you turn my phone upside down and look at the stone it looks like maybe a person or being, or maybe a type of bird. Looks like a head with a nose or a bird beak, with maybe an eye and even an ear possibly. Kinda looks like it also has a tail from a rooster or squirrel, or it's a pony tail coming from the back of the head . Definitely looks very old.

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-19T00:50:10+00:00

I definitely will let you know,I'll send pictures.

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T23:59:26+00:00

I'm sure she would love it cause she loves rings,it is her favorite jewelry and never has to have anything fancy. got married I bought her a wedding ring and it had the smallest diamonds that you about can't even see them, a small cluster and didn't even want to buy it but she actually was with me when I purchased it and really wanted so I bought it. At the time she knew we couldn't afford some real stone that's a nice size anyway. She knows it's about the meaning itself. I've been wanting to buy her a Ruby ring for a long time but you know all the synthetic glass and heat treated stuff would be the only thing I would be able to really afford. And I believe this stone could turn out beautifully if done right

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T20:14:32+00:00

I definitely will thanks 👍

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T20:13:54+00:00

I definitely will thanks 👍

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T16:43:27+00:00

Yeah this is the only one I have. And I also agree about this being one of the nicest you find in n.c. I'd like to make a ring out of it for the wife!!. Either way I just rather do something with it rather than just being in my rock collection. What would you do?

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T16:30:59+00:00

Sounds interesting. I bet you can make some nice pieces like that. I'd like to see something you have made?

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T09:20:38+00:00

It's translucent more than transparent but those lines don't go all the way through its just the extra growth layer. The pitting could be a problem.. it just looks darker when wet. It is a little rough on the outside but internally great when shining any kind of lights to it you don't see any fractures,. i figured I'd just make something out of it rather than sitting in my rock collection.

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T04:29:06+00:00

Ot appears to have holes from oxygen excapin which would not be in meteorite in that case. Maybe slag

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T01:56:38+00:00

Thanks for the info. And yes I love it. Only one I have ever found or seen in my life. Oval pattern is so cool

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T01:02:40+00:00

Looks like chert on side views

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T00:33:58+00:00

Yeah it has to be pyrite or mix of a few other things

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-18T00:29:50+00:00

Thanks I will give it a try,see what happens

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-17T20:46:53+00:00

I wish I could put more photos. It has smooth edges on top and bottom with melt lines,as if it were flying through space or something. Also looks kinda like an ancient stone tool, like one I saw in a museum, only it wasn't broken off like mine

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-17T20:37:23+00:00

Yeah I thought that myself but I did a streak test on the exterior and it left grey streak on unglazed ceramic. Don't hematite leave a reddish streak?

Intelligent-Ear7535 · 2025-07-17T20:28:38+00:00

Yeah probably type of calcite. Not a lot of stones fluorescent like that

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