There is a magnetic hanging from the rock in both pictures and it's extremely heavy. Doesn't have rust so I'm wondering if anyone can help point me in the right direction to identify.
My family have had this meteorits for a long time, my dad and grandfather used to tell the story of how they found them in the ranch in México. This meteorits are very heavy, heavier than a normal rock of the same size. When we put a magnet close to it, it just get attached to it. They are all...
Thanks in advance for any input and opinion on what this may be. I found this while landscaping laying mulch, as we were emptying a trailer load of it into wheelbarrows. I heard a "ding" on my shovel and immediately investigated only to find this oddly intriguing stone.
~7cm^3 volume : 54g...
Did streak test silver matalic part streaks dark grey,black Rock part streaked red. They are not mixed together but hooked to each other. I though hematite and magnatite, but their attractions to a magnet is backwards for those. It is heavy and acclamates to hot or cold in less than a minute
Found at location of a witness fall meteorite in Long Island NewYork I believe the purple may be iridium. it can give sometimes give headaches and scratch your hands when you hold it for decent time. it is almost completely non magnetic and only barely reacts to a rare earth magnet. it also...
Hello community - This is my first post. I have been an avid rock hound for a long time and have never come across anything like this. Does anyone know what it is? Its magnetic ie; a magnet sticks to it, not super strongly but does stick. Its way heavier then it should be and has a metallic...
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This is my first post. I Found on my field these 2 old and amazing rocks. One, the big one (orange color) is about 55kg heavy, and it sticks to magnet. It is kinda heavy for common rock, looks interesting so I thought, maybe its a meteorite. I
haven't gone yet in lab for nickel...
Hello, I'm new in this forum, but I hope you don't mind helping us. My husband and I have these 6 rocks we found in our backyard a while ago, and we wonder if they're indeed ferrous meteorites. :icon_scratch: When we read descriptions and see pictures, they seem to match a meteorite description...