[meteorite-list] New to list. My first meteorwrong or meteorite??

From: jacob morse <gs70350_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 11:19:17 -0500
Message-ID: <309259da0704080919h20ae2094i9dbe1a50fec670ce_at_mail.gmail.com>

I posted my pictures on photobucket at the advice of one of you. Thanks for
the interest guys, i know its probably a meteorwrong but its fun to hope and
dream sometimes!

Here is the site i made. Thanks for the tip on photobucket too!


http://s179.photobucket.com/albums/w301/GS70350/


On 4/7/07, ken newton <magellon at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Jacob,
> I would like to see the photos.
> Thanks,
> Ken
>
>
> jacob morse wrote:
>
> Hello to everyone. I have become very excited about this hobby and
> research field after picking up what i believe to be an iron meteorite while
> looking for arrowheads as a hobby. Ive looked down at the ground for all my
> life and have found and analyzed many unique rocks and minerals, not to
> mention my artifact collection. This one struck my eye as something
> unique. When my wife asked me what it was, i told her slag, but after
> looking at it closely it didnt resemble any slag id ever seen. After
> looking at it with a magnifying glass, i saw crystalization all along a
> fusion like crust with flow lines and indications of extreme temperature
> that were on two sides of the rock. Around it it appeared to have fractured
> off of another rock of the same sort once impacting the ground.
>
> I hit the rock several times with a hammer and fractured it, broke off a
> chunk, and looked inside. It is an amazing spectacle of shiny metal with
> blue and green inclusions. solid and dense. specific gravity is 6.87.
>
> Had a metal castings analyst run it through a spectrometer and he notified
> us that is is 6% nickel, 70% iron, and 9% chromium. He didnt have the exact
> numbers, as he had already shipped it back to me, but he insured it as he
> thought it could very well be a meteorite.
>
> If someone wants to upload pictures, email me and ill send you a few.
> What should I do now?
>
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