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black rock

coopercat

coopercat

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Can anyone help me identify this rock? I dug it up in a park near me. it was about 6 or 8 inches deep.
 

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest it's a piece of slag.
 
Thank you for looking into it. Thats kinda my opinion as well. I went to meteorite and slag pics on the web and found nothing that resembles it. It gave me a pretty good signal on my 800. I think i'll hang on to it just for the heck of it. Thanks again for responding!
 
Does it have any weight to it ? The slag in my area is usually more porous and fairly light weight.
 
It could very well be a chunk of meteorite. Not all rocks look exactly alike , especially one that could have been burning up in the Earths atmosphere. Does it have a layered make up.
 
ronaldj2 said:
It could very well be a chunk of meteorite. Not all rocks look exactly alike , especially one that could have been burning up in the Earths atmosphere. Does it have a layered make up.
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ronaldj2 said:
It could very well be a chunk of meteorite. Not all rocks look exactly alike , especially one that could have been burning up in the Earths atmosphere. Does it have a layered make up.
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ronaldj2 said:
It could very well be a chunk of meteorite. Not all rocks look exactly alike , especially one that could have been burning up in the Earths atmosphere. Does it have a layered make up.
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Part of it seems to be layered, but it is hard to say for sure. It is extremely heavy for its size. I have dug up a lot of hot rocks (not where i found this rock) and their composition seems to be quite different. when all this virus stuff calms down i am going to take it to the university and have them take a look. Thanks for your interest.
 
Thats a good idea , the University should help get some of your questions answered. But don't quote me on that. LOL
 
Im on the OR coast and dug a typical looking beach rock, all smooth and rounded. Detector was saying dime so dug looking for a dime or copper penny. Drove me nuts until I realized the hand held pointer was basically touching a rock in the hole. No idea until I get it home and up to the College of Mines.....
 
coopercat said:
IS THAT THE SAME THING AS A HOT ROCK?
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no need to shout, I'm old but not deaf. A hot rock can be many different rocks from ironstone to basalt. Any rock that is highly mineralized including magnetite, hematite, limonite, maghemite and lepidocrocite can generate a signal on your metal detector but usuall contain nothing of value and are considered "hot Rocks"
 
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