You guys know anything about these things?? My dad found this in the desert yesterday and thinks it's a meteorite rock. I said I know just where to ask to be sure. 😉
Anyhow, the little silver stick is a magnet thingy of dads. This rock is heavy, too, not like a normal rock. He was just going to throw it in the yard and I said "No!!!" Maybe he will give it to me. 😉
(This is how thick it is...)
I'm afraid the meteorite expert "Nearly Normal", doesn't post here....;-) 🙂 🙁
my uneducated guess is no.
That just a big ol' frozen chunk of poopy......a Boeing bomb
LOL thanks, GunMan. 😛
Some are saying it is iron ore. Dang it I want it to be a meteorite.
It could easily be a meteorite. Pay no attention to those cynical types above. The weight alone is an indicator (although I know nothing about this subject at all.)
You DO need a different tape, though. The gradations on the one in the photos were meaningless to me:-)
Don
> You DO need a different tape, though. The gradations on the one in the photos were meaningless to me:-)
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> Don
Yes, but my dad is not a Surveyor. He's a retired L.A.P.D. man!! 🙂 He doesn't know the metric system. Heck, neither do I for that matter.
Inches and millimeters, I don't comprehend, Angel. Tenths and hundredths I can understand.
😉
Don
Hmmm -it wasn't like the other rocks in the area? Take it to some Univ. Geology dept. Might be a "stony" meteorite.
Try this link:
It seems to be an honest approach to identifying a possible 'traveler'.:-)
Asking... he says "no, nothing else like it. That's why I kicked it from out of the dirt and had a hell of a time doing it." Apparently it was stuck in the dirt, sticking out.
Well, that site was very informative. From what it all says, it looks like this IS a meteor!!! It also looks like I am the new owner of this rock. Dad said to take it with me so I am!! I hope this sucker is worth some moolah...cause I could use it. hehehe 🙂
Be careful...it might contain a mutant organism that will take over the human race...or not.
A few years ago a couple guys in our office found what they thought was a meteorite. It seemed to match many of the properties they found online. They ended up breaking a piece off and sent it to some place for testing. Results came back negative, but I can't remember what they said it actually was.
Send those photos to these guys and see what they think.
Hehe, I was thinking the same thing...who could forget Nearly Normal getting hit in the back with a meteorite while cutting his grass?!
Is it attracting the magnet? Strongly or weakly?
Where was it found?
> Is it attracting the magnet? Strongly or weakly?
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> Where was it found?
CSS, it attracts the magnet, kinda of in the middle between strongly and weakly. 50/50 I'd say. He found it in the Palmdale Desert, Southern California.
