Meteorite Help

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by Mario, May 7, 2024.

  1. Mario

    Mario Well-Known Member

    I was wondering if of you all m1.jpg m2.jpg m3.jpg m4.jpg m5.jpg m6.jpg m7.jpg m8.jpg can give me your two cents worth on this sphere that I've had on the backburner for a while. Always wondered what it is and now I'm pretty sure it is a stone meteorite, it measures roughly 2" and has a nice fusion crust. it is not magnetic but at the same time I hung it on a string and it does have metal albeit minute, interesting in that parts will attract to magnet and other parts will repel. Another thing it its like pliable, not clay pliable but if you squeeze it on its sides it gives but it doesn't break. Your input will be greatly appreciated and thx.. Oh it weighs 148.6g.
     
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger prints in their surface called “regmaglypts.” Fusion crust: stony meteorites typically have a thin crust on their surface where it melted as it passed through the atmosphere.

    I've never heard of a space rock...that has give..???
     
  3. Mario

    Mario Well-Known Member

    I know, it's weird but, yes, it has a little give. It's like squeezing both ends of an egg between your palms, gives a little but doesn't break. Never tried that?
     
  4. Mario

    Mario Well-Known Member

    Also, it's not iron nickel. it's stone with a little bit of iron in it, not enough to attract a magnet but enough to make it move hanging on a string albeit barely.
     
  5. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    slag from?
     
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  6. Mario

    Mario Well-Known Member

    Would be solid metal if it were slag.
     
  7. charlie cheswick

    charlie cheswick Well-Known Member

  8. mirana

    mirana Well-Known Member

    If it has give like that I gotta say it sounds like the innards of a sports ball. Baseball? Cricket?
     
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  9. Wheeble

    Wheeble Member

    Compressed cork, was used for many things in the past. And it can be almost as hard as stone.
     
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  10. Boland

    Boland Well-Known Member

    Very odd that you can ‘squeeze’ it a little. Have you checked if it can bounce? :)
     
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