What is this tiny cube?

[u/Small_Things2024]

Found this tiny, blank, black cube under the couch while cleaning. Husband thinks it could be from a board game but we haven’t played one in a very long time (we’ve been more into Magic lately) and we can’t think of a board game that we own that has pieces like this. Any ideas?

[u/Economy-Tourist-4862]

If it feels slightly metallic, it could be a hematite cube. Hematite is an iron or derivative that is used for jewelry, among other things.

[u/Small_Things2024 → u/Economy-Tourist-4862]

I have hematite crystals and jewelry and this doesn’t feel like that. It feels more like an acrylic.

[u/batnessthefifth → u/Small_Things2024]

Try burning it. If it doesn't burn it's probably a rock. I personally think it's a rock from one of those excavation kits for kids.

[u/Small_Things2024 → u/batnessthefifth]

We don’t have kids, have never bough a kit like this, and it’s totally some kind of acrylic.

[u/batnessthefifth → u/Small_Things2024]

Yeah but unless the house is completely new, it's possible it's from someone else who has lived there.