Page 5 — The Takeaway: Don’t Touch, Don’t Clean, Don’t Melt
If there’s one thing experts agreed on, it’s this:
Do not treat this like scrap metal.
If you ever encounter a rock with metallic filaments:
- Don’t pull the wires out
- Don’t scrub or polish it
- Don’t assume it’s junk
Handling can destroy the very structure that makes it rare.
Cleaning can snap the filaments.
Melting it would erase millions of years of natural formation.
Instead, experts recommend:
- Leaving it exactly as found
- Consulting a geologist or mineral specialist
- Having it professionally evaluated
What looks like a strange rock with “wires” might actually be a once-in-a-lifetime specimen.
As one stunned commenter put it:
“That’s not just cool. That’s history growing out of stone.”
And judging by the reactions, the internet agrees.
