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Meteorite, Meteroid, Meteor....??? What is the difference?
Tisha Swink-Seider posted a topic in Geology
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Weighs a lot, I found this in a creek near my home in Illinois where I live. This past summer. Its not magnetic. I am going to try and saw a piece of it off to get a better idea of its structure and content. But I thought it would be best to ask professional fossil forum experts first ty for your time
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Good afternoon, I'm a noob here but over the past 3-4 years I have wandering our swamp and have found a few interesting specimen. One of which I believe to be a larger animal head as well as two interesting, well preserved pieces of coral, as well as (weight and measurements indicate) a meteorite. These are all from the swamp so determining age/layer is difficult. We are in a valley I believe it to be an old lake or river bed. Please see the attached images and share thoughts.
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Hello everyone! This will be my first, of several posts requesting identification help with various items from a single spot I stumbled upon. To keep it brief, I live on the far west/nw edge of San Antonio Texas. I’ve lived in this house nearly my whole life—almost 32 years, and inherited it in 2020. Last summer I decided to begin working on a small natural pool and disappearing waterfall for my 2 dogs. I picked a spot in the backyard and to my surprise I didn’t end up hitting any rocks until nearly 3 ft deep (a first for me— I’ve dug in many places around my lot and this area and have always hit virtually solid limestone before even 1 foot deep). About that same time I found several chunks of metal— maybe iron- ore nuggets, possibly meteorite bits or just deposits, im not sure, but finding these made me slow down digging and paying closer attention. As I was clearing rocks out I noticed that they just looked strange and we’re arranged oddly enough that I stopped digging with the pick axe altogether and started carefully clearing the dirt and widening the hole so I could figure out what I was seeing. I collected different pieces and cleaned them up with vinegar—some I cleaned up further and set aside. This particular piece cleaned up pretty well but I’m stumped about what it is, if anything at all besides a very solid, strange and pointed rock. I’ll confess that since last summer I’ve managed to expose a pretty wide area of this rock bed and I have a theory…a fairly strong suspicion that it’s the very weathered, maybe very old, badly broken fossilized remains of a large turtle or tortoise…based on the intact pieces I’ve collected and cleaned. I’ll include early and current pics of the bed and will post several of the key pieces for identification help a little later. For now, I’m just asking for help with this one piece— any and all input or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your time and have a beautiful day!
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Hi New member here , John from Wirral Hope you can help with ID of following , images attached. During a recent visit to Anglesey , N Wales I happened upon this small rock . Unremarkable at first until on picking it up I noticed it was pretty heavy [ 338gms] There also apppear to me multiple micro fossils on the upper and lower surface together with traces of iron. Size is 90x50x35. On close examination it has something of a sparkle. I am familiar with most types of fossil , but this one has me stumped.It has an almost meteorite like appearance. Any ideas please Many thanks John
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Hello! I found this rock in the desert in Saudi Arabia, it felt heavy and I measured its density to be 2.9 g/cm3. I also cut it on the edge and appeared to be iron or some metal but it doesn’t stick to a magnet. what is it?
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I have a little over 60 acres here in Southern New Mexico so I find some great specimens almost daily, unfortunately my knowledge in this field is minimal at best so I am grateful to read your comments and very eager to learn.
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Found this at the edge of a shallow stream bed that flies down from Smoky Mountain region in East Tennessee at Indian Boundary Lake near Tellico Plains Tennessee at edge if Cherokee National Forest. It measures 2" long, 1.75" at widest 1/2" deep at deepest. A bit more flat on one side. Cross section shows a thin outer layer. Outside look reminds me of wood but I don't know. Looks like photos too big so I will load another below.
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Hi there! These two rocks were found in the Aguja Formation. Wondering if they could be coprolite, concretions, some kind of scutes (unlikely), or meteorites? Material from the Aguja formation is very foreign to me, so I’m at a loss! They are rounded at the top and flatter at the bottom. Found amongst very large dinosaur bones. Thanks very much! Lauren
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Hi there! This rock was found in the Aguja Formation. Wondering if it’s a meteorite, coprolite, or gastrolith? I honestly think it’s a meteorite, but the fact that it’s not magnetic throws me a bit. I don’t know a lot about meteorites though, so would appreciate any knowledge and opinions! Thanks very much, Lauren
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Hi, I found this in a creek in Austin. It's very dense and has lots of smooth bumps. I was wondering if it was maybe Coprolite or maybe a meteorite. I tested to see if it was magnetic but I couldn't really feel anything. It's about the size of a golf ball. Can someone help me id this? Thank you!
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Pachybelemnopsis cf. canaliculata (Schlotheim, 1820)
oilshale posted a fossil in Coleoids (Belemnites, Squid)
shocked / brecciated Belemnite from the Nördlinger Ries asteroid impact. For more information about the Nördlinger Ries and shocked Belemnites: http://www.impact-structures.com/impact-germany/the-ries-impact-structure-germany/deformations/ Pachibelemnopsis canaliculata is lower or middle Callovian - the type species is from the Ornatenton Formation, Ottingen. This belemnite may not actually be the same species if it's Bajocian, but should be closely related.- 3 comments
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From the album: Meteorites
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From the album: Most of my collection
Collected by my father while metal detecting around a bluff in the Purvis/Hattisburg area. This side still shows excellent fusion-crust. About 2 feet in the ground. -
From the album: Most of my collection
Collected by my father while metal detecting around a bluff in the Purvis/Hattisburg area, about 2 feet below ground. This side was cleaned a bit by him to see what it was.