Please help Identify?, Have an odd specimen, not sure exactly what it is... |
Please help Identify?, Have an odd specimen, not sure exactly what it is... |
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We could use your honest opinion on this object. A friend suggested meteorite, even though there wasn't much fusion crust left on it. We did some research online an the closest resemblance was the hexahedrite with the blue fusion crust. We also did some home tests; this is what we know:
The dull grey/blue exterior was grazed with a small grinding wheel. It now looks like shiny new metal with only a few spots that show rust after getting it wet. Has weak magnetic attraction, leaves light grey streaks on non-glazed porcelain, heavier than other rocks of it's size, looks like chrome inside when sawed, but has micro bubbles when chipped off. After chipping off a small piece, we hit with a hammer. It crushed like stone with some very shiny specks that flattened out, and the rest turned to powder. All particles were picked up by a magnet. We have looked at thousands of pictures of meteorites and meteor-wrongs, foundry slag & ore, and we only found three that were close. All of which were confirmed meteorites. Unfortunately, origin and history are unknown. What do you think? If not meteorite, do you have a clue of what it might be? Thank you for your time. |
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Updated Information-
Hello Colorado Prospector! Thank you all for your input and interest in this object. We have had a couple of more tests done on it. we sent the first test results and a few photos to a lab in Hawaii and his opinion was no viable reason for an alloy, "extraterrestrial or man-made". For the second test we sent a small sample to California with test # 1's results and his opinion was a "chromium alloy of some sort". But he had no clue what kind or use. For the third test we drove four hours in a snow storm to keep our appointment at UMN. It was a very disappointing, unprofessional, disrespectful 5 min meeting. He did not examine the rock at all other than to slam it on the desk and did 1 XRF test. He then told us to have a nice day and He would email us the results. No opinion or nothing. While watching the weather channel one evening, they aired two segments, one hour each called "the birth and death of a planet" and "it fell from space". We were shocked to see images of 4.5 billion year old organisms that seemed to match some of the things we see in our home magnified photos of things found in a meteorite. In our further research, we found out the shape of an oriented meteorite could be worth 10 times as that of gold. Nasa posted a drawing of the shape and discussed it in detail, they don't have one to post a photo of. Our item appears to match that description to a T. They also stated that the material inside is not what's important. The images you see in the photos are not seen if you hold in your hand. Many people have commented on the "blue" there are a couple of websites that talk about that, but you must dig deep. There's a secret about the blue.. we will talk about that later. Many of the professionals we dealt with said they are not interested in proving it because of the bureaucracy and expense. After several years and more than a few bucks, our hands are tied. We know it's illegal to sell and undocumented meteorite as real, but it's not illegal to list it as the worlds best fake meteorite with several bonus features, too many to list here. We are not meteorite professionals, but after researching this item, I am pretty sure I could teach a college level course. We will post a few photos later this weekend. We were very excited to see that this went to a hot topic status. Thank you all. |
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