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Re: We think we've got a meteorite
Hey, that just might be!!
Hey, that just might be!!
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Re: We think we've got a meteorite
Let me get this straight... you spent the time to take excellent pictures, upload them to the Internet, and write this post but you haven't found time to get a magnet out of the drawer and test it?!?! I think that's the first thing I'd do before posting it as a possible find. But maybe that's just me.
Good luck. I sure hope it turns out to be real. How much does it weigh?
Let me get this straight... you spent the time to take excellent pictures, upload them to the Internet, and write this post but you haven't found time to get a magnet out of the drawer and test it?!?! I think that's the first thing I'd do before posting it as a possible find. But maybe that's just me.
Good luck. I sure hope it turns out to be real. How much does it weigh?
Re: We think we've got a meteorite
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Re: We think we've got a meteorite
LOL! Yeah, it's true...I did all that and haven't found a magnet yet to try on it. I'll let you know how it turns out...but I am kind of scared to find out it aint a meteorite. But if it is, I'll weigh it as well.
I'm back...a magnet does stick to it. Turns out we don't have a scale in the house so I "made" one and it weighs four nickels and one dime.
Back again. A nickel weighs 5 grams and a dime weighs 2.268 grams. So the object I've found weighs a close approximate of 22.5 grams. (It still pushed it's side of my homemade floating stick in water scale down further than the coins...but barely)
LOL! Yeah, it's true...I did all that and haven't found a magnet yet to try on it. I'll let you know how it turns out...but I am kind of scared to find out it aint a meteorite. But if it is, I'll weigh it as well.
I'm back...a magnet does stick to it. Turns out we don't have a scale in the house so I "made" one and it weighs four nickels and one dime.
Back again. A nickel weighs 5 grams and a dime weighs 2.268 grams. So the object I've found weighs a close approximate of 22.5 grams. (It still pushed it's side of my homemade floating stick in water scale down further than the coins...but barely)
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Re: We think we've got a meteorite
I have a concern with that one large void on the lower left side. That looks like a trapped pocket of air void and not a charring friction indentation. Air pockets do not form in a vaccum. This may be some iron slag. You need to take this to an expert for a proper examination.
I have a concern with that one large void on the lower left side. That looks like a trapped pocket of air void and not a charring friction indentation. Air pockets do not form in a vaccum. This may be some iron slag. You need to take this to an expert for a proper examination.
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Re: We think we've got a meteorite
looks like magnetite or some similar composite.
A magnet test alone will not tell you much, search for streak test procedure and do that then file an area away on it to view the internal composition by eye.
looks like magnetite or some similar composite.
A magnet test alone will not tell you much, search for streak test procedure and do that then file an area away on it to view the internal composition by eye.
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