Is it meteorite? 5kg, 17×13×10cm

Discussion in 'Metalware' started by Adam1, Sep 3, 2023.

  1. Adam1

    Adam1 Active Member

  2. Lark

    Lark Well-Known Member

    I would say Iron ore. Meteorites arrive under very high heat . They are usually pock marked and appear glazed. The red you see is rust most likely.
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

  4. Satin In A Coffin

    Satin In A Coffin Well-Known Member

  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Isn't lodestone magnetised, like a magnet?
    This stone has a magnet on it, so presumably ferrous, but Adam didn't say the stone attracted iron or steel items like a magnet does.
     
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  6. Adam1

    Adam1 Active Member

    Magnet attracted to the stone.
    The stone is not metal. I tested it with metaldetector
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Iron ore is a stone from which iron is extracted. Hematite, for instance, is such a stone. Hematite is also used in jewellery.
     
  8. the blacksmith

    the blacksmith Well-Known Member

    Probably a lump of magnetite that has been knocking around for some time, hence the rounded edges and the colour. Though it is full of iron ore, typically 45-55%, though it will attract a magnet, it isn't in itself magnetic, unlike lodestone. The highest quality can up to nearly 80% iron.
    Hematite, isn't magnetic at all, and doesn't rust either.
     
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  9. Adam1

    Adam1 Active Member

    Stone is not attracted to iron thing. That black ring in the picture is magnet. I want to show that magnet attracted to stone
     
  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    That is what we meant too.:)
     
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  11. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    So the real question is whether you can stick the rock on your refrigerator.
     
  12. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    :hilarious:
     
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  13. Satin In A Coffin

    Satin In A Coffin Well-Known Member

    Yes, you're right. This is the kind of rock you can put in a machine and make it magnetic! I think it has to have a certain high percentage of iron ore but I'm not sure what the rest of the stone is made up of. We have the machine at work that magnetizes them.
     
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  14. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    This is what is inside many iron bearing meteorites .... meteor 005a.jpg
     
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