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A brittle rock made of glitter. It breaks in this linear fashion and can be pound into sand by a mortar and pestle.

Anyone got any clues?

Edit: Thanks for all the answers. I found it in Romania and after searching for forums of minerals from Romania, I got a few other clues.

It isn't conclusive to me yet, but the possibilities are:

Pyrit
Mica
Schist
Nagyágit
Calaverit
Sylvanit

Of these, Mica and Sylvanit fit the best (imo).

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I'm not all that great at identification, despite having a sizeable rock collection myself, but I feel pretty confident in saying that you've got a type of mica schist. Schists often are primarily composed of mica.

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