A meteorite ???

[okie222]

Hi all !
I’m new member, I found a rock but don’t know if it was the meteorite and I want to see everyone's opinion to be true?
The stone has 4 triangular face, height 23.5cm, weight 4.1kg, it is non-magnetic

The front:

The back:

The side:

The bottom:

other angles:

The stone's full size image, mediafire download:
The stone.rar


Thanks everyone !

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[Jim in Idaho]

Well, it sure has some of the attributes of a meteorite. That looks more like a meteorite than many that have been posted. Is it magnetic? If you grind a small "window" in it, are there rocks embedded in the material?
Jim

 

[okie222]

Well, it sure has some of the attributes of a meteorite. That looks more like a meteorite than many that have been posted. Is it magnetic? If you grind a small "window" in it, are there rocks embedded in the material?
Jim

Thanks Jim !
It is non-magnetic, I do not know how to test a meteorite, I'll try to find out.
I see it looks like this item at the website: meteorite.com

http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-information/meteorite-identification/

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Thanks Jim !
It is non-magnetic, I do not know how to test a meteorite, I'll try to find out.
I see it looks like this item at the website: meteorite.com

Meteorite Identification - Meteorites - Meteorwrongs

Yup...it does for a fact. You need to grind a flat spot on it, and see what the inside material looks like. Post a pic of your result, if you would. Also keep us posted if an expert looks at it. Very interesting find, in any case. I'd get a small neodymium magnet, hang it from a string, and see if it is attracted to the specimen, also. That, and the window grinding should tell you something.
Jim

 

[W.T.F]

Hello , nice images. Seen the specimen with the pointed side on the top, it looks like it been multible shocked . The horizon lines(2vertical) from top to bottom, i would say a iron meteorite is not showing this kind of fracture lines.(density to high) Then the top showes damage and a little flat side on the point.
I have in collection app. same shaped meteorites, they contest that the point, is the oriented front. (not always)
A window would help, regards. W.T.F

 

[bingbong]

surface looks right ,so just an incision is needed and a metal check

 

[Oklahoma Digger]

If it's not magnetic then not a meteorite. Especially if it looks like iron.

 

[megnpat]

Not all meteorites are metal only a professional opinion should be able to tell if it a non metallic meteorite

 

[Charl]

There are achondrites meteorites which are non magnetic. However, that does not really bear any resemblance to any type of meteorite that I am aware of, and I've collected them for 30 years. Not that I'm an expert or the last word, but that just does not look like a meteorite, especially the appearance of laminations in the 2nd photo. Sorry, not a meteorite.

 

[unclemac]

all those horizontal lines are suspicious....send an image to your local Univ. museum...they all have geol. staff that eat this stuff for breakfast and ask for more.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Sorry, that is a "meteorwrong." Looks like river worn shale.

 

[sceptre]

Even if it isn't a meteor it's a neat looking rock.

You could sell it on ebay to some Harry Potter fans. Call it the Sorting Hat rock

 

[TerryC]

The lines would indicate a sedimentary rock. Good test would be the nickel test described in O. Richard Norton's Field manual on meteorites ( NOT "Rocks From Space") TTC

 

[TerryC]

BTW, Welcome to Treasurenet! TTC

 

[Howardites Meteorites]

May I just add, that there may be occasions where the basic tests (1) Weight & Density, (2) Visual, (3) Magnetic, (4) Streak & (5) Nickle, might not be sufficient but only in rare circumstances, in this case professional analysis would be the way forward to get a definate answer.

 

[Charl]

The fact that it shows sedementary layering is the only definitive proof needed to know it cannot be a meteorite.....