Meteorite found in a heavy rain storm

[jfeltes2]

Must be hemetite



[jfeltes2]

That's not right for meteorite. That looks formed and crystalized. have you tried a magnet on it. Have you ground some of it smooth. Does it have any holes or pores if so it's not a mereorite. meteorites are smooth not sharp

[nothadnotbad]

it's c3po's head!

[ellmiller2013]

Its not a meteorite.

[98jankosta98]

Sorry but this is a large piece of Pyrite...

[iamurdad77]

That is Pyrite! or more commonly known as fools gold!

[Gariwestt]

Sorry, meteorites do not have sharp edges or extrusion. Nice looking, but definately not a meteorite.

[itsmemaario]

-.-

[Goronixz]

@5lydn And yet you still do not know proper English.

[niklassonen93]

@Goronixz I am from Sweden. I have always had problems with English grammar. it is quite different from the Swedish grammar. so it is quite difficult to find the right words haha;)

[Goronixz]

@niklassonen93 Quite.

[Goronixz]

@5lydn Well, if you're gonna call me an idiot you should look in a mirror or at least read some of your comments.

[Goronixz]

@5lydn Don't give it away they're worth a lot!* Dumb shit.

[niklassonen93]

I've heard that meteorites doesn't have sharp edges. But seriosly I don't know so much about this xP

[Goronixz]

Change doesn't to don't and you have a correct sentence.

[Seraficamente]

have u test it for radiations?

[Goronixz]

@Seraficamente Have you tested it for radiation?* You fucking dumb ass.

[jordan10236]

It's not pyrite and it is a meteorite there are thousands of different types of meteorites and I see nickel in that so that's a meteorite so can I buy if plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[VVhatchagunnado]

It's not a meteorite... sorry

[hope370]

Can i have it :? hehe

[eatmyface1234]

looks like magnetite to me!

[MucusFelidae]

So that's a rainstone.

Raininite.

[IDIOTTSUNAMI]

iron pyrite, 'fools gold" I have a chunk myself

[benn1182]

Is it Pyrite?

[Mstreman53]

It is certainly not meteoritic. It is very similar to the deposits which accumulate inside smoke stacks but I cannot give a definative ID by photoalone

[Dylan2996oct]

never mind didnt watch whole thing before commenting NOT COAL

[Dylan2996oct]

looks like coal to me

[jdewolf31]

wolverines adamantium



[SPARTANZ80]

definitely looks like a metallic mineral. The crystals are much too large for meteoritic material. I would guess either manganese or Hematite

[mykeyduh]

Looks like Manganese that they mine near Alamo Lake AZ

[Diamonddavej]

Its a lump of Ferrochrome, it's man made. It's made from the smelting of chromite (chromium) ore.

I used to help identify suspected meteorites when I was doing my geology PhD. You can see it has not rusted, however, iron-nickel meteorites rust very quickly. Members of the public sent us lots of ferrochrome, thinking they are meteorites, they were just like this one. We once got a lump of pure manganese.

[MrRedneckcracker]

NOT A CHANCE ----A meteorite cant and does not have sharp edges - looks like pyrite to me ( fools meteorite) lol

[knowlesybeast1]

pyrite fools gold

[KiLLeRxxBuNNy]

100% chuck norris shit!!!!

[gtq838]

if thats a meteorite fragment you just found the one that killed the dinosores... but its not.

[RaigaX17]

A Crushed Magnet.

[scorpioflo]

meteorwrong

[taigokai]

Tranformers, NA NA NA!

[TheGarcia350]

i seen meteorites before, but that looks like a slag. meteorites usually tend to be molted almost smooth as a stone.

[reemstrrr]

i think you found a big peace of pyriet

realy awsome

[iamtheman698]

@reemstrrr

Thats the first thing i thought when i seen it. But its too dark to be pyriet?

100 percent sure this isn't a meteorite!!!!

Nice fools gold

[reemstrrr]

@iamtheman698 i think its the lighting there that makes it so dark and you have difent collers of pyriet

olso if you look at the boken off part thats exactly how pyriet breaks off

the only wierd thing is that the pices look so sharp normaly pyriet aint that sharp

[oxen1957]

Not a meteorite.....no way...look up pictures..it will help you..looks like slag.

[NEGAO699]

i pay £77.00 per gram send me a scrap

[GannMan05]

Damn, if that was actually a meteorite, you'd be one rich guy. Not filthy rich, but id guess around $100,000.

[decibel84]

this is Chuck norri's S*it

[andimargineanu]

its a crystal painted with black o.0

[humerus59]

PIRIT::::::

[sandor139]

Weird and beautiful. What kind of stone... Never mind :) This is a stone magnet. Ferrite one???

[111Haxor]

@sandor139 Yea, because I have the same material, except smaller

[Jbenn173]

awesome!

[keepitwitmine]

anyone who has seen joe dirt knows wat that meteorite really is... pretty sure i saw a couple of airline peanuts in there too

[gameoflordfuckerhalo]

That's actually a rock from earth.

[thekatfan]

Gasp* The al spark =O

[Lokoboy84]

looks like Pyrite but i don't think it's magnetic..

[mykeyduh]

Meteorwrong looks like slag?

[Gizmogirl192]

Its beautiful whatever it is

[jiimy21]

yo go to a college geology department. 1st find out what if its outer space or not. then find out whats it worth. theirs a lot of buyers that buy that kind of stuff from outer space rocks, for their private collections. and make some money.

[turtlemiester]

It's Superman's belt buckle! Don't You know anything;-)

[huggybear100]

iron slag for sure

[Stuperstefan]

NOOOOOT a metorite

[frostyknickers]

dude you can buy that shit from any stone shop, as in the ones that sell incense and all that gay shit.

[Truebluecfc1983]

Do you still have it . Are they worth anything

[iturbide78]

you have gold

[TheJx3]

You have a chunk of the transformer cube!

[fuzzy2413]

omg thats cool! i want it lol! but what if it is pyrite like that other person said....hmm...

[nawaz2kx]

its optimus prime!!

[atipasha]

ROFL

[Diamonddavej]

That is no doubt, a crystalline lump of Ferrochrome, it is an artificial iron-chromium alloy used as an ingredient in steal manufacture.

My university geology department received many supposed meteorites, some were also Ferrochrome like this specimen.

Google Images: "Ferrochrome crystals"

[ilbi00]

How much does it cost?

[denaro2007]

mate, isnt that just pyrite?

[Wh15tl1]

pyrite is non-magnetic

[denaro2007]

mmm it actually is magnetic contains iron as its major cation... under like certain pH's etc but yeah.... :)

[Wh15tl1]

pyrite (FeS) contains iron, but its not magnetic, and barely magnetically suseptible.

You may be thinking of pyrrhotite, ( FeS2), which is a similar mineral and weakly magnetic.

This "Ferrochrome" sounds feasible, but you would think that the setting where the sample was found would indicate something about its origin.

Is he saying that it suddenly appeared in his yard following a heavy rainstorm? or that he he was out in the desert looking for meteorites during rainstorm? steel smelter?