Question Help please, black sand and metal

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Hey, if anyone could, possibly by eye, identify or the best advise, then would be muchly appropriated, the Google image is what, it partially has the best resemblement to, and its not magnetic and not fools good, as to say the specimens sold in shops as my mate has one of them
 

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Looks like pyrite. It is not unusual for clasts (some kind of foreign material) in limestone to become pyritized. The thin pyrite coating takes the form of whatever it has adhered to, which is why it doesn't look like the typical pyrite samples you would see for sale at a rock and mineral show.
 
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Any way of determining it's density (gms/cc)? Might give you a hint. Does it spark when struck against a file?
Conducting a specific gravity test is pretty easy:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGnNE-MWDV4&feature=emb_logo


There will be a slight error because of the string or wire that you use to suspend the sample, but the result should be close enough to help you identify the mineral.


This is assuming that you are asking about a mineral and not a rock. I can't tell for sure which of the photos that you posted is the sample that you are asking about.
 
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