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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Gemstones and Minerals
What kind of rock is this?
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<blockquote data-quote="TTKooAu" data-source="post: 76104" data-attributes="member: 1600"><p>Puzzle solved. We (wife and I) carried it all the way to Melbourne Museum, wrapped in a soft cloth, only to find the rock guy didn't work Sundays, so we carried it all the way back to Adelaide Museum. Spoke with a very helpful guy there. He held it, weighed it (578 gms), hung a magnet from string to see the slight attraction to the specimen. He then pulled my rock's brother from under a bench. </p><p></p><p>"Slag from an iron ore smelter....people bring them in all the time thinking they are meteorites.".........now, I have to put it out there that mine looked way more like an out-of-space object than his, but he's the 'expert'</p><p>So I asked...."How did it end up in deep sand above the high water mark at Semaphore Beach?"</p><p></p><p>He said "I don't know"</p><p></p><p>Hope this explanation was worth the wait for those of you interested in this 'find'</p><p></p><p>Please don't ask what happened to the 'rock'.... it is not a nice story <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TTKooAu, post: 76104, member: 1600"] Puzzle solved. We (wife and I) carried it all the way to Melbourne Museum, wrapped in a soft cloth, only to find the rock guy didn't work Sundays, so we carried it all the way back to Adelaide Museum. Spoke with a very helpful guy there. He held it, weighed it (578 gms), hung a magnet from string to see the slight attraction to the specimen. He then pulled my rock's brother from under a bench. "Slag from an iron ore smelter....people bring them in all the time thinking they are meteorites.".........now, I have to put it out there that mine looked way more like an out-of-space object than his, but he's the 'expert' So I asked...."How did it end up in deep sand above the high water mark at Semaphore Beach?" He said "I don't know" Hope this explanation was worth the wait for those of you interested in this 'find' Please don't ask what happened to the 'rock'.... it is not a nice story :( [/QUOTE]
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