What kind of rock have I found?

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I have a round smooth like rock with orange and black/gray stripes and it's magnetic,can anyone help me identify what it is or might be? please and thank you.
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I think it must be a composite material, the orange stripes being some rock material and the grey stripes being some chemical compound of magnesium.
 
My guess is a quartzite.
The rock was laid down as beds of pure sand during floods, alternating with mud-contaminated sand during quiet periods. Then it was cooked for millions of years, under great pressure, and so metamorphosed into a banded quartzite. That rock was then washed down a river, and/or spent time on a beach, until it became a well-rounded stone.

It would probably look better if it was wet, or was given a clear coat of lacquer.
Where on Earth did you find it, and in what setting?
Are the light and dark bits magnetic? Does it deflect a compass?