Meteorite?

[IronSpike]

Suspect this to be a meteorite (Iron/Nickel).

 

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[IronSpike]

Not a gemstone/mineral expert, however can see the rationale on the hematite suggestion.

Will a metal detector register a signal from hematite? NC does not appear to be natural location for this mineral?

Could be other metals in specimen, however based my limited research on meteorites it looks more a like an Iron/Nickel composition.

 

[taz42o]

Here is a pretty good link for meteorite id. There is a contact link near bottom of page if you want them to look at your pics.

http://www.meteorites.com.au/found.html

 

[MeteoritesAustralia]

I agree with J-G. This is definitely not a meteorite and my first guess would also be hematite.

 

[IronSpike]

Welcome to Tnet and thanks input.

I sent the pictures to the website listed by Taz42o. It did state that 99% of the times it's not a meteorite so you and J-G most likely right on the ID part.

Does anyone know whether hematite naturally occur in NC?

 

[relic lover]

It sorta looks metorish

 

[taz42o]

Welcome to Tnet and thanks input.

I sent the pictures to the website listed by Taz42o. It did state that 99% of the times it's not a meteorite so you and J-G most likely right on the ID part.

Does anyone know whether hematite naturally occur in NC?

Yes there is hematite in NC

 

[MeteoritesAustralia]

Hi Iron Spike. The site Taz42o recommended is mine. Sorry... I don't believe it's a meteorite as I mentioned above... but don't stop looking! ;-)

 

[IronSpike]

Thanks feed-back and also see from your profile that you've been a member much longer than I have.

Any recommended sites for establishing whether it's hematite?

PS

Can I put check mark on post or should I await identification of specimen?

 

[IronSpike]

Thanks J-G. I'll mark solved.