Gooch 1 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Hi guys , I’m new to this band nave no knowledge on meteorites , a friend of mine found this and sent me a video of it , any help to identify it would be appreciated. thanks s gooch IMG_4842.MP4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,686 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Gooch said: Hi guys , I’m new to this band nave no knowledge on meteorites , a friend of mine found this and sent me a video of it , any help to identify it would be appreciated. thanks s gooch IMG_4842.MP4 Not a meteorite. Looks like slag. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gooch 1 Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Would you say 100 percent It isn’t ? As I don’t want to pass on the bad news. are there any tell tale signs that it isn’t a meteorite ? As I said I have zero knowledge in this field as my expertise is metal detecting ancient coins Quote Link to post Share on other sites
d_day 341 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, Gooch said: Would you say 100 percent It isn’t ? As I don’t want to pass on the bad news. are there any tell tale signs that it isn’t a meteorite ? As I said I have zero knowledge in this field as my expertise is metal detecting ancient coins For starters, meteorites don’t have large bubbles in them, this is a typical feature of slag, and of vesicular basalt. Both can contain enough iron to attract a magnet, which often leads to confusion among beginners and novices since that’s a diagnostic of some types of meteorites. I’m no expert on meteorites, but I’ve seen enough meteor-wrongs of this type to say this is terrestrial in origin. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gooch 1 Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Ok thank you , well I’ve learned something , they don’t have bubbles in them. i looked at some real examples on google and they are difficult to differentiate from the one in the video , well for me anyway. really appreciate your help.👍 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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