New Members fenixash05 Posted August 13, 2012 New Members Share Posted August 13, 2012 It's slightly magnetic. I found it near Neosho river in Kansas. Someone on Reddit said that it may be a meteorite but my eyes are untrained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I see nothing that would indicate meteor. No burn in to indicate entry melt. Bone2stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 (edited) MeteoReptile? Edited August 13, 2012 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyonts12 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Not all meteorites will have the burn. It depends on its age and which part of the metoerite it came from. Is it heavy? Is it magnetic all over? What is the orangish color on the back? Is The color smooth or rough? Just by looking at the photo I believe that it is a piece of hematite. It is to hard to tell by photos. I would take it to a local university or find a dealer and just ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painshill Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 If it were a meteorite, to be only weakly magnetic it would have to be a low-metal chondrite. If the black flaking exterior were fusion crust, then the exposed layers below have a very atypical colour and I see no evidence of chondrules. The yellowish band is extremely atypical. If the depressions were regmaglypts (from ablation in the atmosphere), they are also very atypical in shape and distribution (particularly the overlapping nature). There’s no indication of areodynamic sculpting, orientation, shocking or any other characteristic meteoritic features. So… really unlikely that it’s a meteorite. Give it a streak on the unglazed (back) side of a ceramic tile if you’ve got an odd one left over from any redecorating work. Hematite will streak red-brown Limonite and goethite will streak yellow-brown Magnetite will streak black or gray Mixtures of the above may give a streak best described as “dirty”. Although hematite, limonite and goethite are not normally magnetic, they may be weakly so from accessory magnetite. It might also be a high-iron basalt (ie high enough to be weakly magnetic), in which case it may not streak at all. Roger I keep six honest serving-men (they taught me all I knew);Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who [Rudyard Kipling] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyonts12 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It doesn't look to be high iron rich basalt. I was thinking the hematites that was slightly magnetic due to some magnetite present. I agree with you painshill and are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluros Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 If it is hematite you can do a streak test and it will be rust red. If you still think it is a meteorite here is a link to a list of institutions that may analyze it for you. http://meteorite-identification.com/verification.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members David Carlson Posted March 26, 2016 New Members Share Posted March 26, 2016 I suggest you may have found an extraterrestrial 'KBO-meteorwrong', whose origin is more complicated than something that merely fell to Earth from the asteroid belt. https://hillscloud.wordpress.com/4312-2/ (If the link doesn't work, search on KBO-meteorwrong.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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