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Fact or Fiction: Rock melts nail?

Posted at 1:25 PM, Apr 11, 2018
and last updated 2018-04-11 16:25:43-04

(KGTV) - Does a video really show a stone dissolving an iron nail in a matter of seconds?

No.

While the nail does indeed melt, it's made out of gallium not iron.

Gallium melts at 85.6 degrees, 

A black stone sitting in the sun could easily reach this temperature.