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Guy
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they can be worth a lot actually. well nothing thats going to let you retire early i think, but it's more then just pocket change thats for sure.
what does the rock look like exactly?
i couldn't find much information on google either, but i do know universities and other such places would pay for such things to use for studying and what not. |
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Minefield
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Rat
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 3:45 pm |
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Guy - it looks like a rock with a whole bunch of black sort of bubble thingys all over it almost like it had been burning at some point (which, if it is a meteorite, I guess it would've been, coming through the atmosphere).
Minefield - thanks! |
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Loki
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 3:57 pm |
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| hey rat - can you post an image of that thing - I'd looove to see it! |
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Rat
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 6:00 pm |
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Loki - if I can get one. Depends whether dad'll let me touch his camera or not (or I could just get him to do it...  )
Ech. Thing smells metalic. |
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Sharper-Image
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Rat
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 11:18 pm |
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Well. A while ago, dad started to build a pond (with my help). Now that it's almost done, I'm happy...but anyway. Yesterday, I had to go get some rocks from the pile, and I found a very interesting rock. Dad walked by and proclaimed: "That's a meteorite!" He's 90% sure. Eep! 
Does anyone have any links for meteorites with pictures and such? Dad wants to find out whether it actually is a meteorite, and, if it is, how much, if anything, it's worth. The Google search I just tried gave me very little. |
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Sukhoi
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| Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2002 1:17 am |
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It could ofcourse just be volcanic in origin, and not a meteorite.....or what? I see those bubbly things alot.
Sukhoi |
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Dekard
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 7:46 am |
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| MAGNETS are almost always attracted to a meteorite, but many meteorites will only faintly attract a magnet. The ability of a meteorite to attract a magnet can be tested by hanging a magnet from a string. Even the slightest attraction will be detectable. |
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balistic
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| Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2002 9:57 am |
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The tell-tale surface feature of an iron meteorite is scoop marks, not bubbles. So that's how you can tell them from lava. Lava has bubbles, a meteorite will often have scoops.
The best way to find out for sure is to take it to the geology department of your local university. |
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