breaking off piece of large meteorite

[Tuberale]

I am about to find perhaps the largest meteorite, at least in Oregon (maybe the West?). Stone was a witnessed fall, and found less than a week later. 22 feet across! Question is, how do I break off a fist-sized chunk of it for analysis? Or better yet, maybe a 100-pound piece so I could at least get something out of it? Do I need to get a demolition expert to the site? Will be difficult to do, as stone is about 3/4 mile from the nearest stream, and about a mile from the nearest road. Suggestions?

 

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[trdking]

Good luck breaking a meteorite People have worn out saws cutting them As a rule they are very hard and dense. The collection at the Museum of Natural history in New York city has very late ones that have many attempts of cutting and drilling visible on their surfaces. There is an exhibit of one that was successfully cut in half and a story of how many hundreds of blades they went through

Good Luck!

 

[jones6780]

Heck, I would at least try a battery powered angle grinder with abrasive disk. Get disk for masonry and steel.

 

[RTR]

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[Kray Gelder]

I'm suggesting you find it first. Here's the Willamette Meteorite, a 15 ton beauty found in 1902. Currently in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. When you "find" it, it will be only the 7th meteorite found in Oregon.

 

[OregonGold76]

It’s more valuable as a whole [emoji6]
If it’s 22’ across you’re looking at tons of material. Is it from the daytime flyover about a month ago?

 

[OregonGold76]

Look around, there might be smaller pieces near by.

 

[Al D]

I am about to find perhaps the largest meteorite, at least in Oregon (maybe the West?). Stone was a witnessed fall, and found less than a week later. 22 feet across! Question is, how do I break off a fist-sized chunk of it for analysis? Or better yet, maybe a 100-pound piece so I could at least get something out of it? Do I need to get a demolition expert to the site? Will be difficult to do, as stone is about 3/4 mile from the nearest stream, and about a mile from the nearest road. Suggestions?

like Kray Gelder stated, find it first, however be careful, there was a big one found in the Old Woman mountains of California, worth a small fortune, but the Govt. stole it from the guy who found it, with no compensation.

 

[Tuberale]

Actually the stone fell 2 centuries ago (1800's). Was witnessed, and found a week later. Pioneers dug down to it, and found a "mass of molten iron, similar to something from an iron smelter". Stone is visible from the air. Next time I go down, I will take a helicopter ride to find it. Or just hack through the rainforest to where it is.

 

[Tuberale]

RE: RJR,s reply, I wouldn't mind trying Ecotrust. Maybe I will?

 

[smokeythecat]

If it's on government land...well, just look into it.

 

[Tuberale]

Now on federal land. But I think the Feds will offer a reward for finding it. If not, it has stayed there this long.

 

[A2coins]

Start crackin please send me a piece. Tommy

 

[A2coins]

I would have got some heavy equipment and hauled it away