Possible Meteorite or just regular Iron Ore?? Can anyone help out???

[treasure777]

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Not a meteorite.

 

[fmerg]

Magnetite

 

[treasure777]

Thank you!

 

[Eaglehead]

I have read or heard they have alot of magnetism to them if they are real.

 

[Red-Coat]

I have read or heard they have alot of magnetism to them if they are real.

Welcome to Tnet.

This is not always true. There are many classes of meteorite which have little or no magnetic properties, although they're much less frequent finds. Equally, there are many magnetic terrestrial materials (both natural and man-made) which can be mistaken for meteorites. It's a useful test for narrowing down possible candidates for further testing and also for eliminating pseudo-meteorites in some cases. One thing you can always say about a specimen is that if it has significant visible metal but is non-magnetic then it won't be a meteorite.