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How do you Identify a Meteor Rock?

I found this Rock while gardening, it's very Dark...Almost Black....and Very Heavy....Smooth but Irregular Shape....About the size of a Walnut....It's not Magnetic....It just doesn't look like a Normal Rock....All Answers Appreciated

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Does the dark area look like the dark crust on the rock in this picture? http://www.mr-meteorite.net/Fusion%20crust.JPG . One of the best clues as to whether something is a meteorite is the presence of this fusion crust, formed when the meteorite entered the atmosphere. It might be worth breaking a bit off the sample and seeing whether the dark part runs all the way through the rock or whether it is just on the outside. Do you have a picture of it?

    Obviously the best way is to take it to get tested. Someone would examine it, and if it turned out to be likely to be a meteorite they would take a small sample for oxygen isotope testing which would allow them to tell you what class of meteorite it was.

  • 10 years ago

    It depends on the chemical composition that they decide. You need to send it to some geologist.

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