Meteriorites?

[Bowtie1940]

I’ve always been fascinated by them since watching meteor showers with my Mom as a kid.
Iron ones are exceedingly rare.
I don’t live anywhere near these structures, but it seems out West where ther are Buttes and the like structures, where thousands of years their layers have eroded dropping debris at their bases.
It seems reasonable that it might be a good place to scan the bases for chunks of iron.
There’s an easy test to see if a chunk is a meteorite: Cut and polish a spot and etch it with acid. If it is one, a unique cross hatch pattern will emerge know as Widmanstaat(sp?) lines.
Google it.
Opinions??

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[GKL]

I have several heavy rocks I found on my property years ago after moving here that I thought might be meteorites since a magnet is attracted to them, but from what I read finding a real meteorite is pretty rare so the likely might not be.

I need to cut into those rocks I have to be sure, might need to use a hacksaw as I don't have the type of blade they might normally use for such cutting.

Here are some links I found in the past:

https://aerolite.org/about/have-you-found-a-meteorite/

https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/some-meteorite-realities/

 

[DbblTap]

I have been kicking the idea around of going hunting for them.

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[cohunter]

This is part of my plan as I live in Colorado and spend a lot of time in Utah desert country. That's a good take on the layers dropping meteorites! I just always thought the canyons were "catches" for falling meteorites. Winter is a great time to be out in the desert. If I find one I'll let you know!

 

[graybeard]

The odds of finding one is slim. If you find something you think might be one, if you show it to ten people, everyone of them will tell you it is something else and none of them will call it is the same thing.

Around 20 years ago I seen something fall and heard it hit, never did find it.

 

[jordanmills]

Just search your gutters for them. Most people seem to have them.

https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg23331090-800-10-finding-meteorites-in-your-gutters-is-easy/

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-study-hunts-for-rain-gutter-micrometeorites/

 

[GKL]

I have several heavy rocks I found on my property years ago after moving here that I thought might be meteorites since a magnet is attracted to them, but from what I read finding a real meteorite is pretty rare so the likely might not be.

I need to cut into those rocks I have to be sure, might need to use a hacksaw as I don't have the type of blade they might normally use for such cutting.

Here are some links I found in the past:

https://aerolite.org/about/have-you-found-a-meteorite/

https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/some-meteorite-realities/

Update to add web link as the first one above stopped working:

https://aerolite.org/about/suspected-meteorite-education/

 

[Rock Jock]

I have several heavy rocks I found on my property years ago after moving here that I thought might be meteorites since a magnet is attracted to them, but from what I read finding a real meteorite is pretty rare so the likely might not be.

I need to cut into those rocks I have to be sure, might need to use a hacksaw as I don't have the type of blade they might normally use for such cutting.

Here are some links I found in the past:

https://aerolite.org/about/have-you-found-a-meteorite/

https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/some-meteorite-realities/

Try a mill bastard file on the rocks. If they are meteorites they might be softer than the file and make a flat surface for acid etching. If they are harder than the file you get a dull file (makes a good coin probe?).

 

[GKL]

Try a mill bastard file on the rocks. If they are meteorites they might be softer than the file and make a flat surface for acid etching. If they are harder than the file you get a dull file (makes a good coin probe?).

Thanks for the idea, don't think I have that type of file, but I'll have to see where I stored those rocks at, wasn't in a hurry to cut them and got busy with other stuff

I posted pics in the past of some of them, rereading my post from back then it seems unlikely they are meteorites but even if they are not they are still interesting since they are heavy and magnets have a slight attraction to them.

I found that post -

https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?p=2756989#post2756989

 

[Rock Jock]

Thanks for the idea, don't think I have that type of file, but I'll have to see where I stored those rocks at, wasn't in a hurry to cut them and got busy with other stuff

I posted pics in the past of some of them, rereading my post from back then it seems unlikely they are meteorites but even if they are not they are still interesting since they are heavy and magnets have a slight attraction to them.

I found that post -

https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?p=2756989#post2756989

Another approach is to grind a rough flat with a grinding wheel and then use various lapidary rock polishing grits on a glass plate with water to polish a flat.

 

[GKL]

Another approach is to grind a rough flat with a grinding wheel and then use various lapidary rock polishing grits on a glass plate with water to polish a flat.

Thanks, I have a small grinding wheel that attaches onto a drill, anyhow I just did a search and found a web page that shows how a ground down corner might look if it is a meteorite, but also says there are some non-meteorite rocks that a magnet can be attracted to also.

http://www.meteoritemarket.com/metid5.htm

 

[Huckleberry]

Just search your gutters for them. Most people seem to have them.

https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg23331090-800-10-finding-meteorites-in-your-gutters-is-easy/

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/new-study-hunts-for-rain-gutter-micrometeorites/

I remember reading years ago that you could suspend a tarp horizontally away from trees and such, and over a short period of time, collect tiny meteorites like those. Never tried it though.