What are these black shiny rocks in my yard? They are about the size of a nickel : r/whatsthisrock
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Mystery rocks in California: greenish-black/one with green veins, smooth, won't scratch with steel knife, both of them feel like silk, very heavy and dense. What are they? : r/whatsthisrock
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Strange semi-reflective, black-silver hard sponge, found near a beach and is hard but quite light. : r/whatsthisrock
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Found this shiny, rainbow black rock on NJ beach. Lightweight, marks Grey. Think it's anthracite coal. Can anyone confirm? : r/whatsthisrock
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this rock found at NZ beach is silver metallic sparkley like rock light weightish compared to other rocks the same size.. when i scratched against wood it left a metalic silver chalk..
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What are these black shiny rocks in my yard? They are about the
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Black shiny rock found in farmers field : r/whatsthisrock
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What Is This? Shiny Black Speckled Rock? : r/whatsthisrock
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Identity Help : Please help me ID this rock with black mineral
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Found on the beach in South Jersey, would like more info if anyone could help. On one there are gold flakes you can see. : r/whatsthisrock
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What are these black shiny rocks in my yard? They are about the
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Metal rock I found in my Utah backyard when I was a child. Had it shined up at a machine shop when I was young. Any ideas? : r/whatsthisrock
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What are these black shiny rocks in my yard? They are about the
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Bought a ton of amazing stuff at a yard sale. Will post some later when I go through it. But BIG QUESTION. Is this asbestos??? It's heavy and shiny flakes are coming off. It dawned on me it may be so I put it in a ziplock. : r/whatsthisrock