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Terry Soloman Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Hello! Where are you and what ya got? Tell us about yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRocks Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 Im from southern california i recently started getting into minerals and stones because of these two stones one is magnetic and the other just caught my eye because it was different then its surroundings it looked burnt with wavy smooth swirls on its surface and ever since i started to get interested in geology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRocks Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 2 hours ago, ShinyRocks said: Im from southern california i recently started getting into minerals and stones because of these two stones one is magnetic and the other just caught my eye because it was different then its surroundings it looked burnt with wavy smooth swirls on its surface and ever since i started to get interested in geology Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisski Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Something like this with a regular and UV light and 40 x magnification will bring out the smaller minerals https://www.amazon.com/Illuminated-Microscope-Magnifiers-Magnifying-Magnification/dp/B08T9RV48H/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRocks Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 Im new to this but meteorites do have minerals right and again is it a meteorite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 No it's not a meteorite. It shows absolutely no characteristics of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRocks Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 How about this one found it in a river where water used to flow about a few months ago also that same spot caught on fire a few months before that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I'd say "nope". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyRocks Posted May 26 Author Share Posted May 26 Are you sure its not impact breccia because when i unburried it there was a big piece of clast it was like glass but magnetic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikestang Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Pretty sure it's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Nope... I toted home so many meteorwrongs in my younger day to qualify a answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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