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possible meteorite????

Let me know, still think it's a piece of smelter slag.... We call it pour off, it's the scum atop the good stuff.. Sometimes you pour some of the good stuff along with it...

Poured onto the ground he cooling pattern fits, center hot spot with edge cooling first. Crystal pattern from center cooling last.
Flat side is ground side.


Please tell me I'm wrong. Smithsonian has a vast collection, lot's of slices as well and none look quite like yours, maybe a unique specimen or a piece of Klingon space ship debris...:rofl:


Don't take the first bid
 
I do appreciate your opinion and thanks. I'm just waiting on that lab test. I showed it to a rock shop owner who knows quite a bit about meteorites and a geologist who knows terrestrial rocks, not a whole lot about meteorites. The geologists first impression was slag, but he said don't throw it away because he could be wrong. The rock shop owner is skeptical, but interested. Bottom line is I should have ordered that lab test a long time ago. Thanks for the help with this and I'll try to keep you posted.
James
 
The lab report came back. They say it is "not meteoritic in origin". They say it is "a highly weathered iron oxide of igneous origin". They don't say whether they tested for nickle and neither do they mention any other mineral composition. I must say I don't feel totally convinced. Maybe I will get a second lab test. Maybe I will etch it better and see if more of a pattern appears. But there it sits and it has been interesting. As always, I appreciate your opinion. Thanks.
James
 
here is a home field test for a possible meteorite. Rub it with the backside of a piece of "bathroom tile".

If it leaves a gray or black mark it is not a meteorite. Looks like mainly copper ore.

There is a boatload of info online in regards to meteorite identification. Should be no sharp edges to a real one.
 
Hey if you want more of this down here in Pottstown we have an old steel mill and there's a good ton or more of this laying around...

We built the Golden Gate's steel here.

Good luck with your quest.
 
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