Meteorite?

[Guest]

This rock has been in my grandmother's rose garden since before i was born and it's now in my rose garden. I never really paid much attention to it except that i thought it odd that it has a rusty outer layer and black inner layers. After watching a show about meteorites I went out and grabbed it and started looking at it and comparing it to pics online, it kinda looks like it could be one. I'm thinking about taking it to the local University to see what they say. I know a pic alone isn't very good but any help is appreciated. Anyone here know geology and/or meteorites?

Thanks
J.

 

[fr33th3w33d]

well even meteorites are made of primarily the same minerals and metals as rocks on earth, i don't think it would be easy to tell unless you checked out the overall makeup.. usually meteorites contain trace amounts of rare metals and that give's em away.

the rusty, possibly iron coating, is a good sign.

keep this updated man. if it really is a meteorite you got a piece of cosmic history, that sonofabitch took a hell of a roadtrip before it hit your garden.

 

[Tarkus]

There was perhaps a dog that was killed near Nakhla, Egypt that was killed by a falling meteorite. First recorded death of its kind, if the claim is true.
that would be bad ass if it was one, looks like it possibly could be.

 

[killa-bud]

check it with a magnet

 

[Hal]

I think meteorites have one side, the leading edge as it enters our atmosphere, that looks different than the rest....I think it looks smoother...almost fire-polished.

 

[momb0]

well dude if it is that runs for about $100 dollars a pound....you want to cut it and see if the metals are inside

 

[marx2k]

This item looks like a petrified elephant turd.

 

[Guest]

It has some magnetism but not strongly. It weighs about 7lbs at 5"long by 3 1/2"wide.

J.

 

[nycdfan042]

wow 100$ a pound>? thats not bad for a rock! good luck!

 

[Verite]

Imo it would have to be mostly metal to survive thru the atmoshpere and would weigh twice as much. Comprised of mostly iron or iron and nickle. If gone thru the atmoshpere it should be pocked where other elements didnt survive the trip burning thru.

http://www.novaspace.com/METEOR/Types.html

 

[Nikijad4210]

Is it possible that the rock's a hunk of earth-made iron? I've seen photos of people finding iron ore type rocks, they looked similar.

 

[Ono Nadagin]

yeah just looks like a iron rock(just what I call it) to me... I have dug up many.. a lot of times... you can break most of them open and they will be hollow a lot of times and the inside will look like graphite... do you have a lot of sandstone n the area?... I usually come across them in areas where there is sandstone formations.

if it is a meteorite it will not be hollow and when cut open it will be a conglomerate of metals packed together

 

[VictoryGardener]

its either a met. or its a very smooth chunk of iron ore rock

 

[VictoryGardener]

there's iron ore everywhere up here in the mtns.. its much heavier than a normal rock

 

[Yummybud]

is there a big crater in your yard lol?

I would think a meteorite that big hitting the ground would make a nice size crater.

bring it to like a geologist or post it on the geology forums (lol) they might know.

I"m actually studying about metorites and meteors right now for my earth science final.

 

[its kurmit]

that good sir is a fossilized tyranosaurus dong....or a meteor

 

[James-Bong]

it's a frozen chunk of poo....

 

[Yummybud]

what if it's valuable poo like poo from outer space that crashed in his yard, like alien poo or astronaut poo.

 

[Guest]

I plan to take it up to the University, I honestly don't know which it might be. I do know that in 20+ yrs here I have never seen another chunk of iron. I live in an area with 75-80% clay soil. The immediate neighborhood is built on a backfilled creek that got re-routed back in the 50's just a few miles off the Missouri. One end looks to have been broken or chipped off some time ago, it shows what looks to be rust outer layer with layers of black going inward. There are flecks of shiny metalic looking debris that is part of it but close to dust sized particles. It has a grainy, porous feel but distinctly rounded edges. It's not water worn, I can tell that but it is smoother than a typical rock. I really don't know where it originally came from since it has been in the garden longer than I've been alive.

J.