I have got this small weird rock and hope someone can indentify it as a meteorite or meteorwrong. it does not atract a magnet
Edited by unfindable, 24 June 2024 - 12:28 PM.
Posted 25 June 2024 - 09:42 AM
Instead of offering up an unending series of terrestrial material, none of which has so far been confirmed as a meteorite, your first step should perhaps be a rock and mineral identification group. Occam's Razor is a valuable asset for a reason.
Such as: https://www.facebook...063157860481750
Lee
Edited by lee14, 25 June 2024 - 11:14 AM.
Posted 30 June 2024 - 03:22 AM
I for one have taken your advice and just joined the Facebook group.
Looks very useful
Thanks
Lee14
i have no facebook . But what i donĀ“t understand is that you do not recognize it as diogenite or at least a HED type. see ebay: https://www.ebay.co....tm/125118624376. My stone has almost the same crystalazation.
Edited by unfindable, 30 June 2024 - 03:43 AM.
Posted 30 June 2024 - 10:00 AM
I suggest we recognize that not all members use Facebook. Others don't have English as their primary language. Patience is sometimes required.
Posted 30 June 2024 - 11:41 AM
I do not have facebook too.
And I do not have meteorites too.
May be someone can suggest a web page?
For me and member unfindable.
Posted 30 June 2024 - 12:04 PM
Looks like some kind of lava formation to me.
Posted 30 June 2024 - 06:38 PM
I do not have facebook too.
And I do not have meteorites too.
May be someone can suggest a web page?
For me and member unfindable.
https://www.youtube....rspinMeteorites
This channel is great.
Posted 17 July 2024 - 02:15 PM
I would agree with the opinion, that is terrestrial and not meteoritic. A very popular book for learning about meteorites is called, "Rocks From Space", by Richard O. Norton. This is almost required reading once you enter into collecting and hunting for meteorites. The Cambridge Atlas of Meteorites is another great resource.
Happy Hunting.
Jason
Posted 31 July 2024 - 03:21 PM
well i appreciate all the info and tips, but it seems i will go out with a bang after all. Watch this space, because i have got a surprice find, which can only be apreciate if cut. But it we take a while because of location changes of my cutting adress. moving house with all the machines .
Posted 01 August 2024 - 05:59 PM
well i appreciate all the info and tips, but it seems i will go out with a bang after all. Watch this space, because i have got a surprice find, which can only be apreciate if cut. But it we take a while because of location changes of my cutting adress. moving house with all the machines .
Looking forward to seeing it.
Posted 03 August 2024 - 02:38 AM
I would agree with the opinion, that is terrestrial and not meteoritic. A very popular book for learning about meteorites is called, "Rocks From Space", by Richard O. Norton. This is almost required reading once you enter into collecting and hunting for meteorites. The Cambridge Atlas of Meteorites is another great resource.
Happy Hunting.
Jason
I ordered this book in July 17th. Arrived this days. Took twelve days from the States to Baravia.
It`s a very great read. Can strongly be recommend to anybody who has deeper interest in meteorites.
Thank you Jason. Very cool hint.
Posted 04 August 2024 - 09:55 AM
Looking forward to seeing it.
i have found this small rock and wondered if i should cut it or not. Please tell me what to do, if it is something rare should i cut it or not. it is not magnetic and has a satin look on the breaks.
Edited by unfindable, 04 August 2024 - 01:59 PM.
Posted 10 August 2024 - 06:51 PM
Unless there is something I'm not seeing, that just looks like common stream rock from our area. Is there a special something about this that makes you worry about cutting it?
Posted 13 August 2024 - 08:14 PM
Hello there,
Cutting a suspected rock (meteorite) only increases the value. This is because unless it's classified, most will tend to stay away from suspects. Revealing the inside brings credibility to the rock to determine the different lithologies of meteorites.
Jason
Posted 14 August 2024 - 07:27 AM
Not all genuine specimens would benefit from cutting. A well defined oriented meteorite, such as a shield-shaped individual would lose much of its desirability. There's also little to be gained from cutting types such as coarsest octahedrites, Sikhote-Alins for example, either a perfectly regmalypted individual or shrapnel, where much of the value is in the very shape of the specimen. Apart from compromising the shape, the crystal structure is so coarse, little or none of the Widmanstatten will be revealed in smaller specimens.
More to the point though, while cutting random terrestrial material might reveal an interesting matrix, unless there are at least some external features that would indicate meteoritic origin, expectations of confirming an ordinary rock to be a meteorite are not fact based, but simply emotional ones.
Lee
Posted 04 September 2024 - 07:42 AM
Not all genuine specimens would benefit from cutting. A well defined oriented meteorite, such as a shield-shaped individual would lose much of its desirability. There's also little to be gained from cutting types such as coarsest octahedrites, Sikhote-Alins for example, either a perfectly regmalypted individual or shrapnel, where much of the value is in the very shape of the specimen. Apart from compromising the shape, the crystal structure is so coarse, little or none of the Widmanstatten will be revealed in smaller specimens.
More to the point though, while cutting random terrestrial material might reveal an interesting matrix, unless there are at least some external features that would indicate meteoritic origin, expectations of confirming an ordinary rock to be a meteorite are not fact based, but simply emotional ones.
Lee
oke thank you lee, by the way i want to ensure evryone that i have no intension to be a troll. I even donĀ“t know what that means in relation to a forum posting. I must admit a post alot of items which turn out to be just junk. Wil try to be more selective. cheers to you all. A interesting post is comming up about an stone object i found in a box of minerals from an auction.
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