May have found one!

[stanjam]

Pretty cool. Never would have suspected this is a meteorite, but I think perhaps it is. Found it with my detector in my back yard. Stone that definitely is what my detector had found. About the size of a quarter, grey. Pretty flat on one side, and the other side is the same color, but has more "shape" to it. It is very slightly magnetic, and will push away a magnet slightly, and I mean VERY slightly. If you hang a small magnet on a string it will make that magnet move. It is also very heavy for its size, definitely heavier than the normal rocks in the area.

Guess I should find some place to have it tested, unless someone knows of another test or two I can put it through! I will try to post a pic of it when I take some.

 

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[Cynangyl]

hmmm sounds very interesting. Looking forward to seeing the pic even though I know pretty much nothing about meteorites. lol I am sure someone will have some good advice for you once they see it!

 

[aarthrj3811]

It is very slightly magnetic, and will push away a magnet slightly, and I mean VERY slightly. If you hang a small magnet on a string it will make that magnet move.

Hey stanjam…I am new to this. I have been testing with a magnet. I have read that meteorites are magnetic. The way you explain how your magnetic reacts is different from my understanding. I am here to learn so every bit of information I can get is valuable to me…Art

 

[stanjam]

It is very slightly magnetic, and will push away a magnet slightly, and I mean VERY slightly. If you hang a small magnet on a string it will make that magnet move.

Hey stanjam…I am new to this. I have been testing with a magnet. I have read that meteorites are magnetic. The way you explain how your magnetic reacts is different from my understanding. I am here to learn so every bit of information I can get is valuable to me…Art

It is actually hard to tell just what kind of reaction it is. Sometimes I feel it is being attracted, and sometimes it feels like it is being pushed away. Whichever it is the field is very weak. Could not really tell except I could feel a reaction. Then I used my extending magnet (basically a magnet at the end of a telescopic shaft). When I hold the handle loosely and pass the "meteorite/rock" underneath the magnet will start swinging, pendulum like. Quite fascinating actually. Definitely feels like the rock has a magnetic field of its own, rather than just being attracted to a magnet, like metals would.

 

[aarthrj3811]

Thanks...Gives me more things to try...Art

 

[paseclipse]

File a window into it and if you see small metallic specks then there's a good chance it might be a meteorite.

Here's a few websites that may help with identification-

http://meteorite-identification.com/streak.html

http://www.meteorite.com/Meteorite_Identification.htm

http://epswww.unm.edu/iom/ident/index.html

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/what_to_do.htm

Hope this helps!