chondrules or not,found today

alan p

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WP_20160619_17_10_44_Pro.jpg WP_20160619_17_07_58_Pro.jpg WP_20160619_17_10_59_Pro.jpg WP_20160619_17_09_26_Pro.jpg WP_20160619_17_09_26_Pro.jpg WP_20160619_17_05_10_Pro.jpg Went hunting for crabs on the sea/beach and got three yum yum, found several lumps of rusty sand and rock and broke them open to see what's inside but I broke the rock I used to break open the lumps and noticed the rock had lots of green spots and balls inside, cleaned it with fresh water and its come up nice, no crust(been in sea) and not attracted to magnet, the matrix is brown and like a crunchy sugary substance, all the white looking bits are green underneath, hoping its olivine chondrules, any similar earth rocks, any clues anybody, erh terry wot u think.
 

Art_Blade

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DeTech SSP-2000PI, Garrett pinponter, Minelab ProFind 35
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Probably you have some kind of porphyry. Check it
 

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alan p

alan p

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Nov 15, 2015
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norfolk England
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As you can see the green balls turn yellow when exposed to the elements so naturally I thought olivine but really have no clue, cant see where you both get porphyry from unless you can direct me to some images that look like my rock as I cant find anything that look even slightly like it, anyway thanks for the comments.
 

Tuberale

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Only meteorite it might be would be a pallasite, which has enough iron in it to set off a magnet. I see no iron, you have already said it is not magnetic, ergo: non-meteoric.
 

Charl

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Probably no harder way to actually successfully find a meteorite by simple random searching. You stand a much better chance by looking within known strewn fields for pieces not found originally. Thus, for instance, people still find meteorites in the Holbrook, Az strewn field, many decades after the fall. I realize you are in England, but the way you're going about things will give you about a snowball's chance in Hades of actually finding a meteorite. Good luck of course, but it may take you several hundred years using such a technique....
 

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alan p

alan p

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Nov 15, 2015
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norfolk England
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I agree with you that random searching is a bit challenging but that's as much as I can do for now, moving home in approx 6 months and time and finance will be better to take this hunting more serious, anyway I'm having fun and learning to dismiss the rocks I don't need while also finding some strange and cool unanswered rocks and I'm always at the beach, and still waiting on a result, ain't that right terry !.
 

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