Hi
Ken,
>
Here is her story,
> "I picked this up in country New South Wales in a National Park Wilderness area.
> "I picked this up in country New South Wales in a National Park Wilderness area.
> It is unlike any surrounding rocks or any
that I have seen in that district. ...
>
The area is mostly volcanic basalt overlying granidiorite and some granitic
areas.
> This may be terrestrial iron, but if so, it
perhaps may have become airborne from
> the volcano?, as it is oriented and has a
rollover lip. It is heavier than other rocks
> of similar size, but not considerably so,
(125 gms), and it is slightly magnetic,
> but not considerably so.
Only
"slightly magnetic", and density is far too low to be iron. Therefore
definitely
hematite. It will streak blood
red.
--Rob
