Any rock hounds out there?
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Any rock hounds out there?
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?
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Re: Any rock hounds out there?
Appears to be Leaverite.
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That's cute.boolitshooter wrote:Appears to be Leaverite.
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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).
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).
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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).
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If the dust is brown you probably have a piece of limonite or goethite.The picture looks like limonite.
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Re: Any rock hounds out there?
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.
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Re: Any rock hounds out there?
I believe it's a combination Hematite/Meteoroid also known as a Hemaroid.
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Friends Call Me Ji wrote:I believe it's a combination Hematite/Meteoroid also known as a Hemaroid.
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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.
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Re: Any rock hounds out there?
just shot some Pale Ale out my nose, thanxFriends Call Me Ji wrote:I believe it's a combination Hematite/Meteoroid also known as a Hemaroid.
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Re: Any rock hounds out there?
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.
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Ah, yes...The OTHER BFR.....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.
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COULD BE PETROFIED DINO DUNG !!!!
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There is actually a name for that - coprolite - though it's not specific to dinos.shane-vs-wilson wrote:COULD BE PETROFIED DINO DUNG !!!!
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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.
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Maybe it is a metal ore that is not iron based, so the magnet would not be attracted to it?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?
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This is a family forum BlaineBlaineG wrote: I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.
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? He didn't say anything inappropriate.vancelw wrote:This is a family forum BlaineBlaineG wrote: I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.
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Vance should keep his day job.....The comedy act is a bust.Gobblerforge wrote:? He didn't say anything inappropriate.vancelw wrote:This is a family forum BlaineBlaineG wrote: I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.
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BlaineG wrote:Vance should keep his day job.....The comedy act is a bust.Gobblerforge wrote:? He didn't say anything inappropriate. If you know Blaine, you know he was THINKING itvancelw wrote:This is a family forum BlaineBlaineG wrote: I've been trying to hand polish it....no go...it's the hardest stuff I've run into.
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Vance's family made a big mistake letting him go to school.
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