Meteorite

[Devin Johann Kittendorff]

What is this bizaar rock I found in my backyard.

 

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[Devin Johann Kittendorff]

very strange

 

[vpnavy]

Until someone pipes in - take a look at Suspect Meteorite Tests.

 

[AU Seeker]

I don't think it's a meteorite, but I could be wrong, you need to do some testing to help advance the possibilities of it being or not being a meteorite.

Here's a couple of links, the first is a site by Geoff Notkin, a very knowledgeable meteorite hunter a collector, this page on his site will help you further test your suspected meteorite, if it passes all the tests, then you will need to send a small slice/section to in to an expert for further testing/analysing.

Meteorite Identification: Have you found a space rock?

This second link is to a site with many photos of "MeteorWrongs" rocks that aren't meteorites, just terrestrial/earth rocks.

A Photo Gallery of Meteorwrongs

 

[Terry Soloman]

It is NOT a meteorite. Sorry.

 

[cvanneel]

looks like coal....

 

[Broken knee]

Yup, coal put the torch to it and see if it burns? HH Please post the results.
BK

 

[bigfoot1]

I have hunted meteorites...and that does not look like any I have seen.

 

[Sheldon J]

looks like coal....

and if coal it will fracture easily and have a very distinct smell..

 

[Bum Luck]

and if coal it will fracture easily and have a very distinct smell..

Coal is also light weight, while meteorites are heavy.

It could be hematite as well.

Take it to an expert.

 

[cvanneel]

Not coal very dense may hematite Finger Lakes region NYS