Silver ore??! Meteorite!?

[olekyground]

So found this in a field today. It's super heavy!! I thought it was s meteorite when j gonna it because of the weight and the silver mattellic on it. However failed the magnet test. Could this possibly be silver ore?!?

 

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[thrifty76now]

I don't know,but how could it be tested?

 

[Bizzo]

I don't know much about rocks and minerals, but I've found hundreds of similar objects and they're all either melted lead, pewter, or aluminum. If it's heavy I would say probably just melted lead.

 

[olekyground]

But lead isn't silver like that is it?

 

[trapperart]

I am no help but it's cool

 

[Bizzo]

Did you polish the silver areas? All the lead I've found was the same color as the darker areas but shined up when I polished it or cut it. It's possible it could have been roughed up in the field by something though. But yes, all 3 of the materials I listed look very silver-like.

 

[Aussie]

If you can peel a tiny piece off with a sharp knife then melt that with a soldering iron it's prolly lead. Doesn't look like lead to me though. Good luck! Hope it's silver ore.

 

[olekyground]

Can't even cut anything off. It's just solid

 

[ajaj]

Test it for silver and let us know.

aj

 

[olekyground]

Plan on it tomorrow ����

 

[olekyground]

If it is silver what would it be worth? It weighs 9.2 ounces

 

[ecmjamsit]

I think it is some kind of smelter slag.

 

[Rawhide]

Lead melts at 400 degrees. You cant try melting it but dont breath the fumes or di it in the house. For a meteorite you may try a water density test. Good luck.

 

[austin]

If you look at your last photo you will see shiny right angles. Galena=lead...

 

[smokeythecat]

Meteorite, if nickel iron, should be slightly magnetic. Could be a metal melt from a foundry. A chromium melt looks a lot like this. Kentucky is not known for chromium however.