Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I found this today on a beach. It's magnetic but seems to have minerals in it. Possibly a meteorite or iron rock? No idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Interesting find. As it is magnetic and the surface is flat on two sides I would assume it is manmade. Does not look like a meteorite or something like this. But I really do not have an idea what it has originally been..., sorry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Judging by the straight edge and the right angle, I'd guess that this is a chunk of manmade something or other. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Cropped and brightened: 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 5 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Cropped and brightened: Not cropped or brightened.it was getting washed off in a white bathtub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, Darkangal12 said: I cropped and brightened the images, as they were quite dark. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 my bad, didnt mean to assume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 Just broke it open and this is the inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 11 hours ago, rocket said: Interesting find. As it is magnetic and the surface is flat on two sides I would assume it is manmade. Does not look like a meteorite or something like this. But I really do not have an idea what it has originally been..., sorry not manmade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 10 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Judging by the straight edge and the right angle, I'd guess that this is a chunk of manmade something or other. not manmade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, Darkangal12 said: not manmade do you have an idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 4 minutes ago, rocket said: do you have an idea? possible iron type or basalt maybe. im not a geologist lol. did you see the newest pic i put up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 "Iron types" practically only occur as compound ores such as siderite, hamatite, magnetite, limonite or goethite and this doesn't look like any of those to me. Elemental iron is rarely found pure in nature and in my opinion this is certainly not basalt or a meteorite. I'll abide by my opinion that this is a somewhat weathered and rusted piece of manmade iron. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 1 minute ago, Ludwigia said: "Iron types" practically only occur as compound ores such as siderite, hamatite, magnetite, limonite or goethite and this doesn't look like any of those to me. Elemental iron is rarely found pure in nature and in my opinion this is certainly not basalt or a meteorite. I'll abide by my opinion that this is a somewhat weathered and rusted piece of manmade iron. i am not disagreeing but if it was manmade iron, im a scrap recycler and thats not any type of iron that ive ever seen even with cutting steel and breaking cast. i truly now believe its not manmade as of when i broke this new piece off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Ok. So you obviously have some experience in your field, just as I do in mine. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Maybe you could take it to your local natural history museum and ask the experts there to assess it for you. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, Ludwigia said: Ok. So you obviously have some experience in your field, just as I do in mine. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Maybe you could take it to your local natural history museum and ask the experts there to assess it for you. How is this manmade to you? please explain. Curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 12 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Judging by the straight edge and the right angle, I'd guess that this is a chunk of manmade something or other. Agreed. Human debris washed up on the beach (at least it is not plastic). Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, Darkangal12 said: How is this manmade to you? please explain. Curious I can't explain any more than I already have. I've already stated my opinion so please leave it at that. I wish you good luck in determining what this is, but I'm not going to make any more comments here. 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 it is a broken piece of cast iron! 2 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, ynot said: it is a broken piece of cast iron! This should be quite heavy then! @Darkangal12, is it much heavier then a normal rock of similar size? Piece of a broken anchor, maybe? Franz Bernhard Edited March 22 by FranzBernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, ynot said: it is a broken piece of cast iron! A lifetime ago I worked in metal recycling (junkyard). Cast iron looks like the broken surface when it breaks 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 (edited) 6 hours ago, fossilus said: A lifetime ago I worked in metal recycling (junkyard). Cast iron looks like the broken surface when But then if it's cast, what is it from. Edited March 22 by Darkangal12 Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkangal12 Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 6 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: This should be quite heavy then! @Darkangal12, is it much heavier then a normal rock of similar size? Piece of a broken anchor, maybe? Franz Bernhard Very heavy for anything similar.and where it came from we don't have ships that size. Just boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 My impression is that we've pretty well exhausted the discussion. The overwhelming majority of responses point to something manmade, probably out of cast iron, but what it originates from will probably remain a matter of conjecture. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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