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Pyrites??

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At a distance the rock is shiny, smooth and glassy black. Lots of iron and copper in the area, pyrites are common - gold not so much.
 

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Hard to give a definitive answer from a couple of photos but looks like gold not pyrites to me

I'll see if I can coax a few more photos from the dying Pixel - the new Nokia has a rubbish camera.

<snipped>...the colour is too bright for pyrite which is normally a lot duller and greener.

My thought too - but it's awfully fine

<snipped>...it certainly looks like gold to me

Pity I patched a few holes in the driveway with a bucket of the same rock...
 

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