Meteorite ?

Mekong Mike · Jul 22, 2013

I found this huge rock in vietnam near the coast about 4 hours north of saigon. It must weigh over 500 lbs. Any ideas what it might be ? It's not like any others in the area. I see what appears to be melted rock on one side.

wvwildman · Jul 22, 2013

nice find could be one

arrowhead82 · Jul 22, 2013

How To Identify A Meteorite
see if this helps

awesome find man!

HH

49r Relics · Jul 22, 2013

Is this the side you thought was melted? If not, can I see the melted side? Is it attracted to a magnet?

DocBeav · Jul 22, 2013

Could it be volcanic rock? Looks kind of porous from the picture.

huntsman53 · Jul 22, 2013

It looks like a melted conglomerate from the cone of a Volcano! Is there a Volcano within a reasonable distance that has erupted within the last 10 to 20 years as I believe that it could have come from it's eruption but I could be wrong.

Frank

poorman15 · Jul 23, 2013

Looks like a space Turd, I think I see a peanut.

Mekong Mike · Jul 24, 2013

I found it and then left it, no magnet test. It looks reddish in color. Could be volcanic but i don't know of any volcanos in vietnam.

monsterrack · Jul 25, 2013

I would do some testing on that thing, it is a great find anyway :hello2:

nuggy · Jul 25, 2013

Hmmm, I would suspect it to be an old corroded - encrusted exploding mine, maybe the kind that got anchored to float just below the surface. Probably inert by now but I wouldn't play around with it just in case. Nuggy

huntsman53 · Jul 25, 2013

Mekong Mike said:
I found it and then left it, no magnet test. It looks reddish in color. Could be volcanic but i don't know of any volcanos in vietnam.

They don't have to be in Vietnam to end up on the shore! Volcanic material can sometimes be launched hundreds of miles from the volcanoe that erupted. It depends upon what the material is made of and how strong the eruption was. These can also be moved around and washed ashore by strong ocean currents, storms, Tsunamis and Typhoons.

Frank