bcache Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'm going to try this without pic---no camera. Don't worry, I'm not going to beg you to call it a Meteorite.About the size of my hand and about 1 inch thick.Angular, worn edges. Is black with gray tint, has faint brown tint in some layers. Layers not well defined.No crystal visible with 4 power lens.Strongly magnetic to my RE magnet.Strong hit on my LST. Streaks red.I find a few similar rocks in this area but not that common.Sorry about the lack photo but a photo would look like a gray--black lump with no color definition.Thanks,Bill C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Red streak indicates its probably hematite.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcache Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Red streak indicates its probably hematite.SteveThanks for your reply Steve. Hematite is what I first thought. I am woefully ignorant when it comes to minerals so I spent many hours last night reading about rocks, minerals, meteorites etc.. Hoping to take a load of ignorance and transferring it to knowledge. I could only find a man made hematite that was magnetic. Is there a strongly magnetic natural hematite?Bill C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldfinger Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Yes- there is a strongly natural magnetic hematite. Up in Minnesota they used electromagnets magnets to separate the valuable hematite ore from the worthless gangue. But not all hematite is magnetic so I guess the natural magnetism forms only under certain conditions.Here's a forum that might be useful to you www.mindat.org They have pretty much everything you would want to know about minerals. I used to spend quite a bit of time browsing through all those mineral pictures.Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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