Shaggy Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Found it in OH on an old road bed. Was a random find and seemed a bit odd so had to look into it. Thoughts?Lighter material in this pic is dirt stuck to it. It has not been cleaned and is as found in these photo's.Mag will pick it up so it's got iron.The round spots in this pic seem to be metal.Camera flash shows a bit of what looks like metal flakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilaoro Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 My guess would be slag. Was it near an old railroad ?Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saginaw72 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 I don't think it's a meteorite Shaggy, but I'm curious, what about this rock made you pick it up?Anyway, take a look at the sites I mentioned in my post "Resources to help ID your finds yourself". There you'll find some quick tests you can perform to see what you have. Try a couple and post the results. I suggest the scratch test first.Waiting to hear.Saginaw-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 No RR tracks around and it was the only one like it in the area I saw so it caught my eye. If it's slag so be it. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saginaw72 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Run the tests anyway Shaggy, just for fun. See what you get.Saginaw-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Found Dutchman Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 You took a bad photo so it's hard to make a judgement based on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 It was work that had me in the location I found it and when I get back home in a few days I can do some tests for fun. Sorry for the poor pic Duch but all I had on me was a cell phone and that still beats giving a verbal description in any case... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Doesn't look like a meteorite to me, looks like a piece of basalt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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