Meteor

[roc2rol]

I’ve been doing a fair amount of studying about meteors
after a neighbor brought this rock to me for an opinion


Its dense, heavy & hard!
Tried filing it and the file barely touch it
The rock as a metal content which draws a magnet!
Ed

[silent hunter]

Furnace slag.

[roc2rol]

wow that's interesting Kurt!
have you seen something similiar ?
If its not a meteor (and most likely not)
that was my second guess !

I gave my neighbor the name of a person at
Az Mining & Mining and Mineral Museum
haven't follow up on it, yet
thanks for the opinion!
Ed

[silent hunter]

Yeah Ed I found some of the same stuff and took it to asu.

[hoser]

Looks like remains of a UFO that burned up on reentry into our atmosphere.

[roc2rol]

Ha ha ! It’s a gnarly looking rock for sure.
Unfortunately tho, I think Kurt is probably right.
Its terrestrial...

The only feature this rock doesn’t possess,
that all meteor should have to some extent
is fusion crust.
That’s a blacken area with a thin, glassy coating.
It happens when the meteor enters the atmosphere
and exposed to the extreme heat.
Kind of a high melt carbonization.

And it may be there

I would think furnace slag from ancient sites would have a value.
Imagine finding slag 1000 of years old?
They built fire in the mine to loosen the ore
plus the smelting process. That’s historically significant.
Not sure if the same could be said for a more modern mine.

So location of find is important!
This is where the rock I’m dealing with gets a bit vague.

ASU as a good web site
http://meteorites.asu.edu/meteorite-fac ... rites-look

[silent hunter]

Roc!!! I found the same stuff and thought I had found the holly grail. I have found alot of cool stuf in my years. More than anyone else I have ever met!!! That because i am a animal,and thats ok with me LOL Just ask anyone who knows me!!

[roc2rol]

Right On Kurt!

I'm going to haver to get some of that animule in me!

Cause I ain't found BLEEP !

[Jim Hatt]

Hey Ed... That blue "Bleep" is a Moderator tool!
Come to think of it... You are a Moderator aren't you?
Never mind.

[silent hunter]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Best Wishes
Its a dry heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Kurt Painter