Cally Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi, I found this rock wedged in a cliff in Suffolk, England. (I found out this particular area is formed by glacial deposits.) Anyway, the rock is very unusual compared to all the others around around it. Just wondered if anyone knows what it is. The picture doesn't do it much justice but I scraped away at the surface to see if it was metallic, and the scrapes where a dull colour, and turned orange. It it not magnetic, so it's probably not a meteorite. Thanks for looking, Cally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmaier Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Is that really blue, of is it only the lighting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cally Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 It's just grey, but when the light shines on it it does have a slightly blue sheen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painshill Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Hi Cally and welcome to the forum. I would suggest that it's a hematite nodule. They're normally black or greyish (and non-magnetic) but produce orange/red dust when scraped. (Incidentally, meteorites are not always magnetic, but it's not a meteorite) Edited September 17, 2014 by painshill 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...
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