Any rock hounds out there?

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:56 pm

I found a rock. It is about the size of a baseball and is rusty brown colored. It is heavier than your common rock. It appears to be metal but a magnet does not attract to it. My looking on the net came up with either a meteorite, not as likely, or hematite. I ground on one spot with a diamond wheel and the dust was brown. Any thoughts?
Gobbler

boolitshooter · Post by **boolitshooter** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:00 pm

Appears to be Leaverite.

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:29 pm

boolitshooter wrote:Appears to be Leaverite.

That's cute.

Gobbler

92&94 · Post by **92&94** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:18 pm

Could be hematite or something similar, however that would be a bit unusual (though not so much so as meteorite). Massive hematite might have a banded sort of texture or veining crossing it, depending on how it formed. I've not seen much of the genuine article for massive hematite, but then I live and worked in the wrong part of the world to have seen much if any.

What is most likely is a bit of slag from some kind of smelter. Stuff is everywhere due to being a handy and cheap ballast/fill material. Most of the heavy reddish-blackish-meteorite looking stuff people have showed me is slag. Easiest way to spot slag is to saw it or smash it with a hammer and look for bubbles or bits of crystalline or glassy material (silica flux).

Ragnor · Post by **Ragnor** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:23 am

I have something similar where I live. My research came up with Bog Iron. I have been wanting to try to reduce it to it's iron component, but have not tried as of yet. It should become magnetic after reduction (Iron).

milton · Post by **milton** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 10:03 am

If the dust is brown you probably have a piece of limonite or goethite.The picture looks like limonite.

jkbrea · Post by **jkbrea** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 1:41 pm

When I was a kid my dad worked at an iron mine. We had big boulders for landscaping. Kind of looks like that. I just remember they were heavy and hard to bust up.

Ji in Hawaii · Post by **Ji in Hawaii** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:35 pm

I believe it's a combination Hematite/Meteoroid also known as a Hemaroid.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:40 pm

Friends Call Me Ji wrote:I believe it's a combination Hematite/Meteoroid also known as a Hemaroid.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:42 pm

I have a little piece of unpolished jasper....sort of kinda like that. I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.

spaceman spiff · Post by **spaceman spiff** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 5:53 pm

Friends Call Me Ji wrote:I believe it's a combination Hematite/Meteoroid also known as a Hemaroid.

just shot some Pale Ale out my nose, thanx

spaceman

octagon · Post by **octagon** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:00 pm

I have seen this stuff all over W Texas. Abnormally heavy, sounds like metal if you hit two pieces together. It is commonly known as a "sex stone" another word for a xxxking rock.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:55 pm

octagon wrote:I have seen this stuff all over W Texas. Abnormally heavy, sounds like metal if you hit two pieces together. It is commonly known as a "sex stone" another word for a xxxking rock.

Ah, yes...The OTHER BFR.....

shane-vs-wilson · Post by **shane-vs-wilson** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 8:59 pm

COULD BE PETROFIED DINO DUNG !!!!

92&94 · Post by **92&94** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:05 pm

shane-vs-wilson wrote:COULD BE PETROFIED DINO DUNG !!!!

There is actually a name for that - coprolite - though it's not specific to dinos.

DadsMod12 · Post by **DadsMod12** » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:19 pm

I have never seen or worked with bog iron, but I have worked with hematite and coprolite. I'm going with bog iron. I've never posted a picture but if I did it right then the one on the left is hematite and the one on the right is coprolite.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk19 ... reajsi.jpg

SteveR · Post by **SteveR** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:46 am

Gobblerforge wrote:I found a rock. It is about the size of a baseball and is rusty brown colored. It is heavier than your common rock. It appears to be metal but a magnet does not attract to it. My looking on the net came up with either a meteorite, not as likely, or hematite. I ground on one spot with a diamond wheel and the dust was brown. Any thoughts?
Gobbler

Maybe it is a metal ore that is not iron based, so the magnet would not be attracted to it?

Steve

vancelw · Post by **vancelw** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:40 am

BlaineG wrote: I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.

This is a family forum Blaine

Gobblerforge · Post by **Gobblerforge** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:28 am

vancelw wrote:
BlaineG wrote: I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.
This is a family forum Blaine

? He didn't say anything inappropriate.
Gobbler

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:48 pm

Gobblerforge wrote:
vancelw wrote:
BlaineG wrote: I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.
This is a family forum Blaine
? He didn't say anything inappropriate.
Gobbler

Vance should keep his day job.....The comedy act is a bust.

vancelw · Post by **vancelw** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:12 pm

BlaineG wrote:
Gobblerforge wrote:
vancelw wrote:
BlaineG wrote: I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.
This is a family forum Blaine
? He didn't say anything inappropriate. If you know Blaine, you know he was THINKING it
Gobbler
Vance should keep his day job.....The comedy act is a bust.

I don't know which is funnier

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 6:09 pm

Vance's family made a big mistake letting him go to school.

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