... METEORight❓️

[Me3]

HellO 🙂!
I'm just a person who likes rocks,
l👀ks 4rocks... l👀ks @rocks... & have seen~alot~of rocks ...
❗️ THIS ROCK IS WEIRDLY DIFFERENT❗️
I've no special tools or equipment ... I used what I have,
I've NO $$$ for a chemical analysis by a lab ...
& ALL MY RESEARCH LED ME TO THIS CONCLUSION:
Spend $30.°° on a bottle of FerricChloride,
& IF this rock shows Widmanstratten pattern or Neumann lines,
then it SHOULD BE a METEORITE ‼️
right?!!
P L E A S E
Opinions/Feedback: ? is it ?
⚠️ a Meteorwrong ☄️OR ☄️ a METEORITE❓️
T H A N K Y O U
for Your time !
A.R.

 

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[Red-Coat]

Welcome to Tnet.

Well, what I would say is that’s a promising-looking specimen, but meteorite is not the only possibility. I assume you have checked it with a magnet. There should be very strong attraction. If there isn’t, then you can rule out it being a meteorite. Note that the magnet test is only definitive for meteorite specimens which have an obviously metallic appearance siimilar to what you’re showing. I would just be a little suspicious about the absence of significant amounts of rust.

Although Widmanstatten figures (if present after etching) are a definitive diagnostic for nickel-iron meteorites, not all meteorites within the nickel-iron group will exhibit them. The patterns are not present in Ataxites because of the high nickel content, although Ataxites are a moderately rare group. Also, in some common main group nickel-iron meteorites the patterns can be unevenly spaced and/or sufficiently large that they won’t be seen on small exposed surfaces. It’s a bit like cutting a small piece of fabric from a large American flag and expecting it to have red and white stripes. It might or might not have them, depending on the ratio of sample size to overall flag design size.

I sympathise with the shortage of funds but, if you can afford $30 for a bottle of Ferric Chloride, you might like to consider spending the money in a different way. New England Meteoritical Services provide a testing service to confirm a meteorite (or otherwise) for the same price, which includes postage for the return of specimens. It’s a subsidised price as part of an educational outreach programme. Details at the link below, and note that the $30 fee now covers the testing of eight specimens submitted in the same package:

Meteorite verification

Recently found a 59.3 kilogram meteorite. Sent in to Wyoming university were they verified. Provided the lab paperwork on it and verified its a meteorite. They did say that for them it is enough to send it out for further testing at places more versed in this. Is there places specializing in...

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[Me3]

... THANKS!! Red-Coat, for Your input!! Much Appreciated!! 😊

. . . Also, will take this opportunity to post Bigger pic's 🙂

 

[Me3]

. . . Ferric Chloride, echant . . .
. . . Before . . . & . . . After . . .
Pic's

 

[Red-Coat]

. . . Ferric Chloride, echant . . .
. . . Before . . . & . . . After . . .
Pic's

Those patterms don't appear to be Widmanstatten figures.

 

[Me3]

... Thanks again, Red-Coat, for taking the time to
check out the pic's & Your opinion(s) ...
. . . Several point's You've made are comming into
focus ... Thanks!
.... Ouch! on the no Widmanstratten pattern
- it's ok, tho-there IS some sort of pattern there, tho!
I WAS thinkin' maybe Titanium-ish Meteorite, 'cause
the pattern structure doesn't seem so "structured" ...
... I DO see Your point, tho ... Ouch!🙃
Anywaze ... For What It's Worth :
I HAVE read the article re: Handheld XRF analyzers ...
but, before I read that article, I had My rock 'shot'
& the attached pics are the readings ... fwiw ...

 

[dougachim]

For it to be worth anything you need to send it to UNM or University of Arizona. none of the real buyers will take a zap. Took me 3 years to get mine approved and they keep part for the Smithsonian.

 

[Red-Coat]

... Thanks again, Red-Coat, for taking the time to
check out the pic's & Your opinion(s) ...
. . . Several point's You've made are comming into
focus ... Thanks!
.... Ouch! on the no Widmanstratten pattern
- it's ok, tho-there IS some sort of pattern there, tho!
I WAS thinkin' maybe Titanium-ish Meteorite, 'cause
the pattern structure doesn't seem so "structured" ...
... I DO see Your point, tho ... Ouch!🙃
Anywaze ... For What It's Worth :
I HAVE read the article re: Handheld XRF analyzers ...
but, before I read that article, I had My rock 'shot'
& the attached pics are the readings ... fwiw ...

You’re welcome. Thanks for the XRF results. They demonstrate without any doubt that this is not a meteorite.

The native metallic components of meteorites are generally in the region of 6-20% nickel (higher in the metal from stony meteorites), with most of the rest as iron. There may be cobalt in amounts up to about 2%, copper in amounts up to about 0.02%, plus traces of manganese and tin. Anything else will usually be in parts per million, or present as non-native compounds.

At between 77-83% manganese, 15-20 % iron and less than 1% nickel, this cannot possibly be of meteoritic origin. The ratios of the metals would be consistent with a terrestrial manganese nodule of the kind usually found in ocean beds and deposits that represent ancient ocean beds, or a man-made smelt product. Natural polymetallic manganese nodules don’t usually contain more than about 30% manganese.

 

[Me3]

... ThankYou, Red-Coat, for ALL Your input !
. . . I should've started this "Meteoright?" post
w/the XRF readings 😏 didn't think they were
of much use, according to that article ...
... but, obviously, Your knowledge spans a
multitude of subjects !
. . . As far as it being a MeteorWrong - OhWell!
Live~N~Learn! (from persons like Yourself !! 🙂)
... THANKS, again, for ALL Your input !