Help identifying a stone I found

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Today I was out walking around town and found a interesting stone on the ground. At first I thought it was obsidian, but I'm not very sure. Its a pure black color, quite glossy, and feels very smooth. At one point it looks like there is something reddish and a little transparent in it. The stone itself isn't transparent at all. Here is some pictures
http://i.imgur.com/ucIoa8k.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KLl1gXM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7wXvtiB.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eLQxF2m.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pVQEpaN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/R4EnRpp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vy6YnFR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JHSJIeG.jpg

Additional info:
Leaves a brownish streak on paper
Looks like this after being chipped: http://i.imgur.com/M9OWmGP.jpg
Scratches plastic but not glass

Its hard to see, but here is some pictures of the somewhat red transparent part
http://i.imgur.com/ZNV03kg.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/jVKKI1u.jpg
« Last Edit: May 01, 2013, 08:46:45 PM by halcynthis »

It looks like it's obsidian. Try to chip a piece off of it, obsidian breaks like glass.

It looks like it's obsidian. Try to chip a piece off of it, obsidian breaks like glass.

RETUUUURN THE SLAAAAAAB

It looks like it should be obsidian.
Find more and make a nether portal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian

you found a soul rock.

Quickly, listen.

Go to where you found it, about 5 meters below where you found it, there will be a note. Read the note and follow the instructions to make it to the warehouse. After that, point your telescope you found during the voyage there and aim it at the cellphone tower approx 3.14 miles from the warehouse. Look at the very top, you should see three symbols, you will need this later.

At approx 3:14 am, sneak out of your home and go 2 paces back from where you found the stone, you will see a stone-sized indent in the bricks, place your stone there to have it identified as the real thing, if identification is a success, the door next to the indent will open, you will go in and meet the storyteller Ray. trust Ray with your life. He will take you to the Sanctum. There you will learn about your powers. Good luck.

I took a pair of pliers and tried to chip a little piece off and this is what it came out like
http://i.imgur.com/M9OWmGP.jpg
Also, does anyone know what that transparent reddish part is?

I took a pair of pliers and tried to chip a little piece off and this is what it came out like
http://i.imgur.com/M9OWmGP.jpg
Also, does anyone know what that transparent reddish part is?
It's obsidian with a mixture of either/or iron and magnesium giving the reddish tinge.

It's obsidian with a mixture of either/or iron and magnesium giving the reddish tinge.
So it's pretty much worthless?

So it's pretty much worthless?
You could try your hand at crafting an arrowhead...

It doesn't look like obsidian.

I can't tell from the low quality pictures, but what about coal?

It doesn't look like obsidian.

I can't tell from the low quality pictures, but what about coal?
OP was a bad boy this year.

It doesn't look like obsidian.

I can't tell from the low quality pictures, but what about coal?
It doesn't really seem like coal, it's perfectly black and very shiny. Though I don't know much about gems and such, so I can't be sure.

You could try your hand at crafting an arrowhead...
Its a little small for that. About the size of a nickel and a dime side by side. Is there any way it would have cash value, such as getting it shaped into a gem? Or is that not worth the time?

It looks like graphite. Does it write on stuff?

It doesn't really seem like coal, it's perfectly black and very shiny.
I've seen coal samples IRL, some of the grades can be very shiny


It looks like graphite. Does it write on stuff?
This is a good guess too. Can't really do a whole lot other than guess with only fairly low quality pictures to go off of
« Last Edit: May 01, 2013, 11:53:07 PM by Headcrab Zombie »