Space Rock ???

CMDiamonddawg · Nov 17, 2010

This rock wasn't here last year . Over 180 lbs. Metal detector picks up mineral content . Could it have just landed from outer space

Any information would be appreciated . CMDdiamonddawg

Produce Guy · Nov 17, 2010

It looks like won of the tar balls that have been floating out in the Gulf of Mexico,since the BP explosion. :laughing7:

distimpson · Nov 18, 2010

it does not look like a meteorite, maybe some sort of silicate, serpentine or jadite? cant tell from picture. looks translucent, thin polished slices might be nice. thanks for posting, don http://www.kansasmeteorite.com

CMDiamonddawg · Nov 18, 2010

stimpson said:
it does not look like a meteorite, maybe some sort of silicate, serpentine or jadite? cant tell from picture. looks translucent, thin polished slices might be nice. thanks for posting, don http://www.kansasmeteorite.com

Thanks for the link Don added more pics .. seems like one side turned white and crusty from high heat :dontknow:

Mike

distimpson · Nov 18, 2010

OK, thought i missed those extra pictures the first time. man, i don't know, the white porous material almost looks like a pumice. but just guessing out loud, looks like a keeper, unusual. best wishes, don

umrgolf · Nov 18, 2010

Youre a jack of all trades.. too bad i dont have any martian buddies to assist ::)

How do u know its a new addition

Did it land in your dawg-pen? :laughing7:

CMDiamonddawg · Nov 18, 2010

stimpson said:
OK, thought i missed those extra pictures the first time. man, i don't know, the white porous material almost looks like a pumice. but just guessing out loud, looks like a keeper, unusual. best wishes, don

Thanks Don , I hope keeper means possible meteor !!!

Normally the fusion crust is darker than the inside and the dark part looks like a silicate . Note that the heat penetrated over an inch to two inches on the broken piece.The unbroken part should look the same if it was cross sectioned. Nothing in this area even comes close to this , rocks are mostly sandstone and quartz. Not sure what to do :icon_scratch:

Would you send a sample or would you wait for more comments

Thanks , Mike

umrgolf2010 said:
Youre a jack of all trades.. too bad i dont have any martian buddies to assist How do u know its a new addition Did it land in your dawg-pen?

Hey Jeff ,Any of your Navy buds know about these

If it turns out to be a Tektite .... fragments have been found off-shore New Jersey, and microtektites are found from the oceans off New Jersey, you may eat those words :tongue3:

I should have wacked it with a brush hog years ago when I mowed this section of my property "large field " ...it's been year since I stopped , so that is something of a mystery :icon_scratch:

my dawg pen escaped destruction , Thanks Guardian :angel9:

umrgolf · Nov 18, 2010

you know its all in good fun :laughing9:

ur one of the only people on tnet who you can joke with that doesnt get butt-hurt and actually jokes back :laughing9:

sorry, no rockologists in the navy.. maybe jack black can help. he loves to rock

distimpson · Nov 18, 2010

Hi Mike, I dont think it is a meteorite, just an interesting rock. we have buckets of interesting stuff and some chunkers from our desert searching days, just couldn't leave them behind, thats what i meant by keeper. If you want me to do a nickel test, send about 20gram (size of a quarter) to the address on the web page, no charge. But I am very sure the result will be negative. Best wishes, don

CMDiamonddawg · Nov 30, 2010

Glad Tnet is back :icon_thumleft:

I did some research :read2:

and asked a few locals and reached a conclusion this rock is ..... a flint nodule . A very large flint nodule . Thanks Don and everyone who had a decent comment ! :notworthy:

I am always learning something new here and wishful thinking on my part , sometimes happens . Maybe someday I will find a space rock ..but not this time . Not sure what flint is worth but it has some value . Thanks again , Mike

Chug And Red · Dec 1, 2010

Great find Chug!!!

gilmerman · Oct 30, 2011

I'm not trying to be a smart Alec but that black part looks like material, the ancients might have, used to make tools, arrowheads etc, Does it appear to be chipped and worked in that way? Any way its a great find.

Tuberale · Oct 31, 2011

Not a space rock, but good try. I'd tend to agree with the flint nodule someone already suggested.

First sign is the lichens on it. For reasons few understand, lichens don't seem to like meteorites.

Second sign: very few meteorites have fractures in them. Finding a big fracture, even in a big rock, usually eliminates meteorite from the mix of possibilities.

Tektites are more like glass teardrops. They aren't strictly speaking meteorites. Rather they are material ejected from a meteorite strike, which can cause rock to liquify while still in the air, and cool usually before hitting Earth. Finding tektites can help determine how far away a meteorite strike was, though.

If you watch Disney's Dinosaur, it really is a fairly good representation of just how devastating a large meteorite strike 1,000 miles away might be.