Heavy for it’s size and when I was drying it off after cleaning it left red on paper towel
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Hematite plentiful where I dig. It streaks brown, or some variation thereof. Run it along the inside of your toilet tank lid; if streaks brown, you prolly got hematite! (The fact that left red on paper towel tells you minimally got some iron in it!)Last edited by Cecilia; 05-10-2022, 09:31 AM.Digging in GA, ‘bout a mile from the Savannah River
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Could also be limonite which is softer than hematite. Most hematite needs a little bit harder of a surface than a paper towel to bleed red.
But if it came from a site it very well could have been use for ochre.Hong Kong, but from Indiana/Florida
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