find from the dessert of NWA

[rockcollect]

This rock was bought from a Moroccan mineral dealer who found it in the middle of the NWA dessert. Is it a meteorite or a leaverite? It has a grey streak and it does not atract a magnet and is black/grey metalic of color. It has a flat broken underside and weighs 65 kilo. Would love to know what it is.

 

[Prairie Gazingfox]

This rock was bought from a Moroccan mineral dealer who found it in the middle of the NWA dessert. Is it a meteorite or a leaverite? It has a grey streak and it does not atract a magnet and is black/grey metalic of color. It has a flat broken underside and weighs 65 kilo. Would love to know what it is.

What is the size of the Rock in cm or inches that contains these 65 kg. Its very important!

 

[Red-Coat]

Meteorites typically do not leave a streak on a porcelain tile. At best, they leave a dirty streak with some difficulty, or skid off the porcelain.

There are of course some classes of meteorite which are not attracted to a magnet, but that doesn't look like one of them.

I would be very suspicious that anyone with knowledge of meteorites would sell a specimen of that size without at least getting it confirmed and typed, if not formally named and classified. They would surely know that its value would increase dramatically if they did so.

It looks volcanic and terrestrial to me.

 

[rockcollect]

Meteorites typically do not leave a streak on a porcelain tile. At best, they leave a dirty streak with some difficulty, or skid off the porcelain.

There are of course some classes of meteorite which are not attracted to a magnet, but that doesn't look like one of them.

I would be very suspicious that anyone with knowledge of meteorites would sell a specimen of that size without at least getting it confirmed and typed, if not formally named and classified. They would surely know that its value would increase dramatically if they did so.

It looks volcanic and terrestrial to me.

it is a morrocan mineral dealer not a meteorite dealer. but that makes sence what you said.

 

[rockcollect]

What is the size of the Rock in cm or inches that contains these 65 kg. Its very important!

about 30 wide x 30 high x 40 long cm

 

[russau]

I'm NOT a expert or close to it BUT I agree with Red-Coat on this !

 

[Prairie Gazingfox]

about 30 wide x 30 high x 40 long cm

Is definitely some kind of rock from the Earth basically a Stone with these Dimensions 65 kg will perfectly fit within such volume, and if it's a meteorite might need to be heavier with these dimensions ,will probably be above 90 kg

I also think that Red-coat is right with his judgement