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[AustinsMom]

Meteorite

My Son found what we think is a meteorite on our new property. It is light weight and it does Not have magnetic properties

[Barlowbill]

Pumice?

[sg6]

By no means knowledgable on meteorites but most it appears to be heavy/dense. Iron ones are obviously a dense lump of iron of some form.

 

Only way I could think of a lightweight one is something like one that went bang over Russia a few years back. Could explode and end up in smaller bits and the meteor that went bang may have been less dense.

 

You will need a picture of it for anything further - odd to ask isn't there a meteorite section here, I cannot recall for sure.

[AustinsMom]

Thanks..I couldn't figure out how to upload a pic on my thread here but if you click on the photos in my profile..they are some

[E-Ray]

Meteorite

My Son found what we think is a meteorite on our new property. It is light weight and it does Not have magnetic properties

 

Geology.com/meteorites/ site lists two properties of most meteorites that are contrary to your find. They are heavy and are magnetic due to high iron & nickel content. The site states a softball size meteorite will weigh around 5-6 lbs. Your find looks to be half that size so 2-3 lbs. 

 

Check out the site. 

 

Regards, Ed

[AustinsMom]

Thanks

[clearwaterdave]

Where I grew up there were old train tracks.,That looks like the rock they used to build up the bed for the tracks.,We called them lava rocks.,They were light weight.,Any old tracks nearby.,

[Mark326]

Does kinda look pumice like. Or ewww petrified cow poo

[AustinsMom]

No train tracks near by...our property runs along the Appalachy river which starts from an under ground spring.

Edited by AustinsMom, 06 December 2018 - 07:44 PM.

[AustinsMom]

[AustinsMom]

 

Other side

[44ye]

It looks like a coal clinker

Search "  Images for coal clinker "

 or  Coal CLINKER

 

Don

[tchandler]

Hey - I found a lump of rock very much like that when I was about 10.

 

I too wondered if I’d found a meteorite but of course there was no Cloudy Nights or even a reasonably knowledgeable adult to ask. I remained blissfully ignorant for some time.

 

Then I got the brilliant idea to try heating it up on an electric stove. It fumed and produced a foul and eye watering sulfury odour, which was a disappointment to me (and my parents who were still getting over my burning of the countertop with a “harmless” chemistry set).

 

Ahem. 

[AustinsMom]

Wow! Thank you for sharing..my son is 8 he is home bound because of a non operable brain tumor...so we spend a lot of our days exploring the rivers edge at our new home..we live close to the University of GA and we are going to take his new treasure to them and let them check it out.

Edited by AustinsMom, 12 December 2018 - 05:10 PM.

[Astroman007]

Wow! Thank you for sharing..my son is 8 he is home bound because of a non operable brain tumor...so we spend a lot of our days exploring the rivers edge at our new home..we live close to the University of GA and we are going to take his new treasure to them and let them check it out.

I am sorry about your son, AustinsMom.

[tchandler]

Wow indeed! I too found my little treasure along the banks of a creek. 

 

After I lifetime studying rivers, it seems that there is nothing that they cannot impart: that water is more powerful than rock, gentleness stronger than severity, and patience stronger than force. 

 

Enjoy your time at the water’s edge.

[AustinsMom]

Thank you all so much!  Your kindness is so much appreciated.

[Glassthrower]

Agree. Not a meteorite. I am not sure what it is, but coal clinker or slag sounds about right.