Could this be a metorite?

[Hakan]

So i found this metal chunk next to a field in a pile of rocks removed from the field (in Sweden).
It is very magnetic, seems to have fusion crust and for me as a non expert it looks like a Mesosiderite.

I would imagine though that it is some leftover from old iron manufacturing, but you never know

So what are your thoughts?

 

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[Art_Blade]

I don't want to worry you but looks like sponge iron from bloomery. To be sure, I propouse to do metallographic microstructure on some area (a few cm2). Make a grinding, up to #1200 by sandpaper then nital etching (mixture of 1:10 nitric acid with water or ethanol). Etching take a while (few minutes), then make a picture and show on forum

 

[Hakan]

Thanks, i will try to get some nitric acid tomorrow.

I don't want to worry you but looks like sponge iron from bloomery. To be sure, I propouse to do metallographic microstructure on some area (a few cm2). Make a grinding, up to #1200 by sandpaper then nital etching (mixture of 1:10 nitric acid with water or ethanol). Etching take a while (few minutes), then make a picture and show on forum

 

[gordonquixote]

I would like to see it after it etches as well.

 

[Art_Blade]

Thanks, i will try to get some nitric acid tomorrow.

If it isn't meteorite, the solution may be will to strong. Then make 4:100 (acid: distilled water or alkohol) mixture and etch by a few seconds

 

[Hakan]

It seems to be very hard to get nitric acid here in Sweden so i ordered some ferric chloride instead, it will take a few days before i get it so ill update when i get it.

 

[Terry Soloman]

It is not a meteorite.

 

[Art_Blade]

It seems to be very hard to get nitric acid here in Sweden so i ordered some ferric chloride instead, it will take a few days before i get it so ill update when i get it.

Ask someone who works at school (chemistry lab) and gives you 100ml of acid

 

[Hakan]

So this seems to be a bust, I tested with a nickel test and got no response and etched with ferric chloride and got these results:



First one is right after etching, second is buffed a bit with 1200 paper. It turned all black by the gunk that came from the hollow parts and i assume real silicate in a mesosiderite wont do that.

Well, better luck next time
Thanks for watching.

 

[Art_Blade]

Are you use dimethylglyoxime as a nickel test or something else?



Small piece of Morasko meteorite which fell long time ago (about 5000 years). Good luck

 

[Hakan]

Yes it was a test with dimethylglyoxime.

 

[Whiplash00]

Are you use dimethylglyoxime as a nickel test or something else?

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Small piece of Morasko meteorite which fell long time ago (about 5000 years). Good luck

This is very similar to a piece I found with my metal detector. It was 15"+ deep in a fossilized coral bed. Dissolved it in 9.5% hydrochloric acid. It's very hard and non magnetic.

 

[4Strokes1Pick&Poke]

No it's not, unless someone cut it themselves. It wouldn't be that flat on one side like a pour.

 

[Whiplash00]

There's nothing flat about this piece. This was under a fossilized coral bed with shells and Crinoids that were confirmed at a few hundred million years old. This definitely has not been poured

 

[Art_Blade]

There's nothing flat about this piece. This was under a fossilized coral bed with shells and Crinoids that were confirmed at a few hundred million years old. This definitely has not been poured

What kind of material you found? Looks like metal.
Iron meteorite should be magnetic, strong as ..... hell. Do you have more info? My was rusty and heavy.

 

[Whiplash00]

I posted two pictures. The first was when I found it with my metal detector. It's the deepest hit I've had, pulled it out of fossil sea floor on my property. The second photo was after I dissolved the outer crust. It's non magnetic which is really throwing me off. It feels heavy, has some weight for its size. 10 grams

 

[justbrian55]

non magnetic...I've one I still cannot rule out being something from far away, :-) It didn't feel magnetic with a fairly strong mag, but I suspended the magnet/ waved the stone and the mag reacted to it as a bit of swing.
Hanging the magnet at least cleared some confusion of the metal like sparkles here and there in it, when first did not feel magnetic.

 

[aarthrj3811]

When looking for Meteorites I use many baits. I check for iron, Nickel, granite, colbalt, magnesium and iridium... If the target has 3 of these minerals I will dig it. That helps keep me from digging iron rocks..Art