Need Some Help Identifying A Possible Meteorite (Or a Slag?)

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Hello all,

I have found two metal looking objects (one small, one big) on a nature walk with my family. I have followed the steps on how to identify it, but I am still unsure about whether it is a meteorite or not. Here are its properties:

1. It does not seem to have a fusion crust, and its surface is mostly covered by rust, with occasional spots of of bright metal-looking spots.
2. It attracts a common fridge magnet.
3. We cut off a corner of the small object in the hopes of seeing the native iron mentioned in the guide, but it instead has inner pockets of air and it does not have the occasional silvery spots akin to native iron (refer to the last photo). So this makes me think that these objects are just slags.
4. It feels relatively heavy, definitely heavier than a similar sized regular rock, as if it is almost entirely metal.

Note: The bigger object also has a piece of a brighter material stuck on its one side, so this initially made me think this could be another rock fused to it after impact but this is just an uneducated guess on my part.

Thanks to everyone in advance for your answers!

 

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Hello all,

I have found two metal looking objects (one small, one big) on a nature walk with my family. I have followed the steps on how to identify it, but I am still unsure about whether it is a meteorite or not. Here are its properties:

1. It does not seem to have a fusion crust, and its surface is mostly covered by rust, with occasional spots of of bright metal-looking spots.
2. It attracts a common fridge magnet.
3. We cut off a corner of the small object in the hopes of seeing the native iron mentioned in the guide, but it instead has inner pockets of air and it does not have the occasional silvery spots akin to native iron (refer to the last photo). So this makes me think that these objects are just slags.
4. It feels relatively heavy, definitely heavier than a similar sized regular rock, as if it is almost entirely metal.

Note: The bigger object also has a piece of a brighter material stuck on its one side, so this initially made me think this could be another rock fused to it after impact but this is just an uneducated guess on my part.

Thanks to everyone in advance for your answers!

It’s slag. It’s way too porous to be a meteorite. Meteorites don’t have holes in them.