MissRockhound Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Please help me identify this if possible😸. I found this while Hounding around Louisiana. At first I thought it might be a meteorite but then I started thinking it’s melted metal haha. I’m not sure though. It is slightly magnetic and it’s streak is too hard on some sides and just scratches the plate. BUT other sides leave a brownish gold and gray streak. It’s odd. I might need to clean it and do the streak test again. It’s weight is 19.0grams. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Very hard to tell looking at exterior, weathered surfaces. Yo may not want to do so, but when I have something like that I want to identify, I crack it in half, to see an unweathered surface. It's not a meteorite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokman Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Ah... my first reply lol. Albeit, very late on this thread, but in case the OP hasn't figured it out, I'm happy to lend some expertise here. This is 100% textbook manmade slag. There are expanding gas bubbles in your sample, the scratch test is correct for slag and the overall appearance is that of slag as well. Shiny, heavy, magnetic in spots, different streak colors, bubbles... all conclusive that this is slag. Cheers 🙂 ps - here is a great link on meteorwrongs, many of which are different examples of slag. https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/meteorwrongs/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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