daffy 6 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Heavy can't weigh it on my little scales. Highly magnetic. Even worth looking inside? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,613 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 8 hours ago, daffy said: Even worth looking inside? No. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisski 809 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 In my uneducated opinion, I think it'd be worth it to take a hammer and split it, but I'm thinking of it as a terrestrial rock, not a meteorite. I think it'd be interesting to see if its black all the way through. I don't have the tools to file it or cut it, so I would not even attempt that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billpeters 372 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Daffy, It's a water worn terrestrial rock. I would take a file to it and file off the pointiest part. You are unlikely to find a fingernail thin crust nor silver metal flecks inside, but you might be able to discern what type of ore it is. If it is all grey it won't be a meteorite. Cheers! billpeters Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 just saw these replies grinded a bit off with a diamond file, looks metallic in the light and also dark coloured, kind of different from every angle, then when i wet it looks glassy with small metal flakes, set my metal detector off strong iron signal that changed to a different signal, still have no idea what this is and its driving me insane lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bedrock Bob 3,891 Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 That is hematite. It is sub-metallic and not metallic. A very common form of terrestrial iron. When you cut that window the filings were dark red weren't they? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 no, white almost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daffy 6 Posted June 26, 2019 Author Share Posted June 26, 2019 concrete coloured streak, when i first cut it with my bench grinder just took a small part off it looked exactly like black glass took a bit more off with the diamond file, doesnt fracture like glass Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bedrock Bob 3,891 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Then it is magnetite. Pretty easy huh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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