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excalibur63 · Mar 4, 2014

Hi, I just saw this topic, so I thought I'd see what people thought. It was found whilst prospecting for gold, I thought it was a little interesting so it sat in a collection of unusual stuff at home, anyway oneday my Shepard knocked the container over and dropped this at my feet. And yes as you can see it is clearly magnetic.

Paydirt · Mar 4, 2014

give one side a polish

headbut · Mar 4, 2014

Ferrous metals are alloys of iron, and they usually stick to a magnet BUT a common misconception is that steel is the only metal that attracts a magnet; This mistake can be an expensive one. There are actually 3 (THREE) common elements that pull to a magnet, and those are iron, nickel, and cobalt. (there are some others, but they are mostly rare earth metals. For example, gadolinium)

headbut · Mar 4, 2014

Having copied that , I looked up Gadolinium & found this - quite interesting

http://www.lenntech.com/periodic/elements/gd.htm

Paydirt · Mar 5, 2014

I'd love a 3inch neodymium magnet

excalibur63 · Mar 6, 2014

What would polishing it show?

Paydirt · Mar 6, 2014

The metallic interior

Paydirt · Mar 6, 2014

google metallic meteoritesn - images

richo966 · Mar 6, 2014

you need acid as well it shows the pattern

Rege-PA · Mar 9, 2014

Have it tested for nickle, all iron meteorites have it.

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