jayman Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 140 grams ...slightly magnetic ...very dense ..i used a grinder and did the cuts to see what was in side being so heavy.no idea what it is and other dont seem to either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedrock Bob Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Looks like garden variety nodular hematite.What color was the streak when you ground it? The freshly ground surface looks sub metallic. The cuttings will be reddish if it is hematite. Grey it is magnetite. Either way what you have is a nodule of iron oxide. Edited August 18, 2013 by Bedrock Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayman Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 but whats with the burnt looking outside and i used rare earth magnets and it barely sticks if at all for being the solid metal it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayman Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 it was a shiney silver at first its a fsaded tarnished silver now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedrock Bob Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 That is not fusion crust. It is oxidation. And it is not metal, it is mineral. Not metallic but sub metallic.It is nodular hematite.Streak, density, hardness, color and luster. That is how you ID rocks. That is a rock and not a meteorite. It has all the identifying characteristics of nodular hematite and I bet those cuttings were dark brick red when you ground it.Look for rocks with fusion crust and an ablated surface that has been smoothed and polished by airflow. That bubbly, rough surface comes from oxidation.Sorry man...It is the very model of a classic meteorite wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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