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Nothing but it feels from another planet . I've always been attracted to rocks , stones . I even had a pet rock as child . Found this while landscaping
I found this while rockhouding outside of Marathon, TX on a pay dig. The piece seems to be growing around the darker stone and has a smooth, pebbly texture.
Dimension: 6.9 cm Locality: Borieva Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria Notes: Associated with Galena and Quartz;
Found on a gravel pile for a road, i belive it may be iridium but not sure it is light but very hard, porous and will nearly cut glass with ease
Obsidian is a glassy igneous rock that usually forms as an extrusive lava.
Rhyolite is a fine-grained igneous rock with a high silica content. Its pale color is usually grey or pink