meteor

[B|lker]

I found this at the Page House that Modern Miner has been detecting.
I only dig in silver / copper modes i think it rang as silver.

I`m not sure why i dug it? After swinging over it again a few days later it registered as iron switching to nickel intermittently. ( I DON~T DIG NICKELS )

Does anyone no where i can get it tested in or near Raleigh, NC. USA?

It does attract a magnet swinging on a string and is between a dime and quarter in size.

 

[ModernMiner]

Bill,
I am laughing my b-tt off. When you told me that you dug something up that you thought may be a piece of a meteor, I didn't know you were talking about this piece. When you dug in your pouch that day to show me, I thought you were talking about that crumpled up piece of pie tin you found. I didn't have the heart to tell you.
Now I feel like an idiot AND I'm relieved at the same time.
I thought you were really losing it.
Good luck with the ID.
-MM-

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Bill,
I am laughing my b-tt off. When you told me that you dug something up that you thought may be a piece of a meteor, I didn't know you were talking about this piece. When you dug in your pouch that day to show me, I thought you were talking about that crumpled up piece of pie tin you found. I didn't have the heart to tell you.
Now I feel like an idiot AND I'm relieved at the same time.
I thought you were really losing it.
Good luck with the ID.
-MM-

 

[rwsnc]

Bill... Does it seem disproportionately heavy for the size? How much DOES it weigh?

 

[BioProfessor]

It does seem to have the things you look for in an iron/nickel meteorite - crust, melted looking places, heavy, magnetic attracted to it slightly, etc.

The way they "prove" it is a meteorite is to slice it open and look at the crystal structure. A geologist can tell you if it appears to be a meteorite but it has to be sliced, polished and etched, for it to be definitive.

It is very rare to find a meteorite. Only 1 out of 1000 of the things people think are meteorites are real. I have seen many and owned some. If it's real, it's worth real money. I think yours looks real enough to take it to the next level. Go here:

http://www.meteoritemarket.com/metid1.htm


Daryl

 

[ModernMiner]

Don't forget my 50% cut if it does turn out to be real.
-MM-

 

[B|lker]

Doug, I thought i laid all my trash on the tailgate, but i may have missed this one.
Thanks for the invite to this property. hopefully i`ll be able to invite you to an oldy as well.
I`ll flip ya with a 1906 Barber Dime for the chance at 50%
Did you say there was someone in NC that could help with ID?

Bob or srwnc. On my dads weight watchers scale which may not be accurate, it weighed close to the weight of 2 new US coin dollars.
Almost 1 oz.
Yes, proportionately heavier

Thanks for the link and info BioProfessor, i`ll keep everyone informed.

 

[seas1to2]

this site might give some help.........http://websearch.cs.com/wm/boomfram...rl=http://epswww.unm.edu/iom/ident/index.html

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

I was just wondering if there might be more than one meteorite in that same area?

Might want to recheck the area for more.


Ray S.

 

[Dodad]

Looks like raw iron ore to me. I have found several similiar pieces along the banks of the Arkansas River around the Fort Smith Area in Arkansas. Magnet stuck to mine as well and mine felt heavier than a normal rock but lighter than apiece of lead about the same size. I wasn't sure what mine was so I sent it to a professor at the University of Arkansas and he responded back that it was Iron ore. Sometimes called loadstone. I'd just about bet thats what you have but if you want to be sure check your local resources via the internet I'm sure you will find a rock hound in your area probably closer than you might think. Local colleges usually will help, some may even ask you to send in some samples.

 

[rich160]

I found one here in Iowa that looks exactly like yours. It's heavey metalic but does not stick to a magnet. I thought it was iron slag but now I'm not sure what it is.

 

[newbieprospector]

I think I'd have to agree with BioProfessor here...looks like you very well could have a meteorite there...here is a link to one of my favorite sites dealing with them:
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/