Is this a meteor/ need help from a geologist type person please!

There is a little known test that I will pass on to you. Smash someone in the head with it and if they see stars it is probably a meteor. :D Thats my story and I'm sticking to it ...... :p
 
ronsec said:
There is a little known test that I will pass on to you. Smash someone in the head with it and if they see stars it is probably a meteor. :D Thats my story and I'm sticking to it ...... :p
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Good one. Really good. :D :thumbup:
 
My business card says "Geologist" but like I mentioned earlier, that doesn't mean a whole lot. Here's how I would look at it:

Strike 1: not magnetic
Strike 2: bubbles
Strike ?: there's no real reason to think it is a meteorite
 
Looks a lot like a bit of slag that I had for years when I was a kid- everyone thought it was a meteorite. It wasn't.
The bubbles don't bode well in terms of meteorite status.
 
Ken C. said:
If it's a meteor shouldn't one side be worn flat and smooth from entering the Earth's atmosphere?
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Yes and no, This might be a piece of broken meterior. Impact with hard objects could have caused it to shatter. Or it might have been broken by a later impact.

I would take it to a local university science department and see if a geologist can have a look.
 
In my unedjikated opinion, it is a meteorite. I have seen many that have holes and other formations that are strange. These are not usually the whole meteorite, but are fragments. Quite often these fragment hit objects like trees or rocks that give them weird shapes. Keep in mind that when they hit the earth, they are very hot and probably pretty soft.

Besides a university or museum, any knowledgeable rock hound could probably tell you what it is.

Here's my meager collection. They are all iron-nickel.

From the left. The collection. Sikhote- Alin, Russia. Nantan, China. Meteor Crater, AZ.

Notice the difference in the surfaces. The Sikhote-Alin fell in 1947. The Nantan in 1516. The Meteor Crater fell about 49,000 years ago.
 
this one is very interesting looking.

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Those are all very cool. Thanks for sharing. Its interesting to have a piece of outer space......
Thnks
Matt B.
 
Doesn't look like any slag I have seen, slag is usually pretty porous and light. Nor does it look like any meteorite I have seen either, too many "bubbles" and sharp edges.
It could be a tektite, which is pretty cool too.

My dad had a nice little meteorite that he let me take to school for show and tell as a kid. some little bastard stole it, and the teachers were completely unconcerned and didn't do anything about it. He got it from a friend who had several he found while plowing fields, including one that was over 2 feet long!

Too bad it isn't an iron meteorite, you could have had it made into a knife!
 
My first impression is that it is a peice of furnace slag. Geology by picture is difficult. I would have to polish a corner and acid etch it to see the crystall structure and also put it on a spectrograph to determine its composition. Geologists rank where it was found as very important also. In an open field or in an area that has some sort of smelting operation near by. Is it stoney or metallic? zman308 (retired geologist)
 
I look at it like this... The earth is a planet spinning around in space and therefore any rock you pick up is in fact a space rock!
 
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