@ThomasPowers if it is ore, I would still crush it, this was just the inside of a big chunk.I always heard you should roast it any way to drive out moisture and sulfur is that true? Someone said that if the ore is too fine it can get blown around by the convection, is that true?Are there any kind of land forms to look for when looking for ore? I think I'm going to see if I can find a coppy of that book.
I know that it doesnt take much iron to make it rust but I don't have a way to test how much is inside.It seems pretty uniformly rusty the whole way through though.I like the idea of going to a college geologist, is iron ore something comon enough that they could ID it?
@Nobodyspecial why should you roast the ore and then quench it? I like the link it has good info. In regards to magnetism, the stonger the pull, the higher iron content right? What would a bloom look like on the inside?
Thanks