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Meteorites
hematite, magnetite iron rock or meteorite?
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<blockquote data-quote="promo" data-source="post: 81945" data-attributes="member: 3208"><p>Hi guys, I've found this rock in riverbed near Sofala. My Minelab Eureka Gold went off like there's no tomorrow. It was embedded on the side of the river bank. Very heavy for its size ( see pics) it weights 1430g. I polished the tip of it to see inside, also I managed to fracture a piece off from the side. It is very magnetic, using magnet from disassembled dvd drive, it sticks to it and its hard to take off. I have looked up some tests for meteorites, scratching with porcelain (passed ) magnet ( passed obviously ), metal specks inside ( passed ) but still think it probably is just iron rock or magnetite. There is a little of red (rusty) oxidation happening on the outside. Its not porous inside ( as I found out that meteorites aren't ) but it does have few small bubbles like holes. What you guys think?<img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3208/1402064675_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="promo, post: 81945, member: 3208"] Hi guys, I've found this rock in riverbed near Sofala. My Minelab Eureka Gold went off like there's no tomorrow. It was embedded on the side of the river bank. Very heavy for its size ( see pics) it weights 1430g. I polished the tip of it to see inside, also I managed to fracture a piece off from the side. It is very magnetic, using magnet from disassembled dvd drive, it sticks to it and its hard to take off. I have looked up some tests for meteorites, scratching with porcelain (passed ) magnet ( passed obviously ), metal specks inside ( passed ) but still think it probably is just iron rock or magnetite. There is a little of red (rusty) oxidation happening on the outside. Its not porous inside ( as I found out that meteorites aren't ) but it does have few small bubbles like holes. What you guys think?[img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3208/1402064675_1.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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