Does anybody know what this is?

[joerib]

Hello everybody, I am new to this forum and wanted to ask you if you know what it is that I found. I found it in a river in Switzerland.

Thanks!

 

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[tamrock]

Might be a piece of aluminum that was liquefied by fire. Really hard to say with only a photo.

 

[Gare]

Why don't you turn it upside down and take a few pictures also put a coin next to it for size

 

[joerib]

I checked and it is not magnetic.

 

[dougachim]

Not a meteorite

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Welcome to the Tnet forums from Toronto joerib.
My first thought was the same as Tamrock, it's likely just a blob of melted aluminum.
Dave

 

[pepperj]

Rub your thumb back and forth on it to see if it leaves a dark streak on the skin.
Smell it and if it has the sulphur/egg smell then it's silver, if just a metallic smell then probably aluminum.
(clarification silver meaning sterling .925)

 

[ARC]

Rub your thumb back and forth on it to see if it leaves a dark streak on the skin.
Smell it and if it has the sulphur/egg smell then it's silver, if just a metallic smell then probably aluminum.

? ? ? pepper ... silver has no smell.

 

[pepperj]

? ? ? pepper ... silver has no smell.

OK
I'd better clarify my statement saying "sterling".

 

[joerib]

I smell nothing, but maybe my nose is not that sensitive. It does not leave a dark streak.

A bit disappointed.. but even if it’s just a blob of aluminum the material still formed in a star’s core at one point in time😄

 

[Riverbum]

I've seen those in cold Fire pit at campsite Aluminum can melted down?