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To: Ditter

Check the rock types in the vicinity. If the sample doesn’t match any of them, have a qualified geologist take a look. Though be careful of State appropriation schemes.


11 posted on 11/30/2013 9:31:16 AM PST by onedoug
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To: onedoug; Ditter

Magnet, magnet, magnet!

If one of those strong little shiny “rare earth” magnets doesn’t stick to it, it’s not a meteorite.

Also, if it is porous, or has gas holes like lava, then it isn’t a meteorite (and a magnet won’t stick.)

The exceptions to these simple rules (actually, just the magnet rule) are so rare that experienced meteorite finders never find a non-iron meteorite in their entire careers.


13 posted on 11/30/2013 9:49:23 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed
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