Surf Master
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Meteorite found
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Live4Christ
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As most southerner's would say, "you aint from round here"
doesnt look like any rock ive ever seen. Im sure you could get it tested at a university.
doesnt look like any rock ive ever seen. Im sure you could get it tested at a university.
Bonesquat
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Iron signal?
Jax
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Stupid question, and im sure it is, BUT is that metallic? I have a rock that looks just like that, and its see through.
Syrex5
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Cool, worth upwards of $10+ a gram, some up to $25,000 a gram
Weezbad
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will a magnet stick to it?
paulfg
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hard to tell from the pic, but Id call it volcanic glass or coal.
longbeard
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fail ! its not.
Lol
Yeah it sure looks like one, you can get it identified for free by asking for help from one of these parties. I can't personally recommend any of them, just searched for it.
http://meteorite-identification.com/verification.html
you said the golden colors don't exists, so nevermind about pallasites. Still worth having it examined.
fred sanford
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looks like
Looks like coal kind of.
Looks like coal kind of.
Surf Master
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magnet test & iron test
The magnet test failed,the iron test was done with the F75se,registers in the iron class with a solid 16,so i guess it failed the meterorite test ? Tell me more,i watched the show meterorite men,the meterorites they found stuck to the magnet,the ? i have do all meterorites stick to magnet's ? Also i might add i have never seen a piece that looks like this and it is 1 3/4 inch- by 3/4 of an inch, and weighs in at 16.8 grams
The magnet test failed,the iron test was done with the F75se,registers in the iron class with a solid 16,so i guess it failed the meterorite test ? Tell me more,i watched the show meterorite men,the meterorites they found stuck to the magnet,the ? i have do all meterorites stick to magnet's ? Also i might add i have never seen a piece that looks like this and it is 1 3/4 inch- by 3/4 of an inch, and weighs in at 16.8 grams
Needs answers to some simple questions .....first does it stick to a magnet? Second, can you see light through thin edges or flakes of it....
KT has seen a lot of meteorites and a lot of meteorwrongs...looks much more like a meteorwrong than a rite to me at this time. Sorry. Looks more like dark iron rich slag glass. If it sets off your magnet and spots on it are magnetic but not everywhere, then it probably is slag...Slag will have some carried over bits of metallic iron set in a glassy matrix and should set off your MD for iron, but meteorites are rarely, and I mean RARELY translucent to light like dark glass is.
KT has seen a lot of meteorites and a lot of meteorwrongs...looks much more like a meteorwrong than a rite to me at this time. Sorry. Looks more like dark iron rich slag glass. If it sets off your magnet and spots on it are magnetic but not everywhere, then it probably is slag...Slag will have some carried over bits of metallic iron set in a glassy matrix and should set off your MD for iron, but meteorites are rarely, and I mean RARELY translucent to light like dark glass is.
I would just send it in. Meteorites come in a variety of compositions. Many that are not solid iron still have iron particles in them. You just won't know until you have it analyzed by a scientist.
Surf Master
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coal
Fred would coal hit hard,because when i run the coil over it ,its a solid reading,i thought it could be coal ,but i don't think coal would have flakey shinny uneven surfaces,who know's
Fred would coal hit hard,because when i run the coil over it ,its a solid reading,i thought it could be coal ,but i don't think coal would have flakey shinny uneven surfaces,who know's
Surf Master
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Magnet
no it doesn't stick to a magnet,and ya cant see any light through the flakes it is a solid peice,with a couple hundred uneven flake surfaces,i had to post it because i have not seen anything like it before,thank's for all the replies guy's,i guess it's a meterorite wanta be rock
no it doesn't stick to a magnet,and ya cant see any light through the flakes it is a solid peice,with a couple hundred uneven flake surfaces,i had to post it because i have not seen anything like it before,thank's for all the replies guy's,i guess it's a meterorite wanta be rock
emfederin
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It looks like obsidian.
no it doesn't stick to a magnet,and ya cant see any light through the flakes it is a solid peice,with a couple hundred uneven flake surfaces,i had to post it because i have not seen anything like it before,thank's for all the replies guy's,i guess it's a meterorite wanta be rock
It looks like the piece of coal I stuck in your stocking earl...
gordonquixote
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The edges look too sharp to me on the right side to be a rock that burned through the atmosphere. Not sure...just sayin'.
