Are these Meteor fragments?

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Are these Meteor fragments?

Post by aomeara192 » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:41 pm

These were found yesterday by a friend of mine using a metal detector. Although they were found with a metal detector they are not attracted to magnets. They weigh a little more than a piece of coal of a similar size. Has anyone has any ideas of what they might be?
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Re: Are these Meteor fragments?

Post by neufer » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:55 pm

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Re: Are these Meteor fragments?

Post by BMAONE23 » Thu Nov 14, 2013 3:05 pm

Slag came to my mind also and it is similar to any of these Google Images of Slag

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Re: Are these Meteor fragments?

Post by Chris Peterson » Thu Nov 14, 2013 3:41 pm

aomeara192 wrote:These were found yesterday by a friend of mine using a metal detector. Although they were found with a metal detector they are not attracted to magnets. They weigh a little more than a piece of coal of a similar size. Has anyone has any ideas of what they might be?
Definitely not meteorites. The surfaces are completely wrong and the density is too low. I'd also vote for slag, although there are other possibilities.
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Re: Are these Meteor fragments?

Post by BMAONE23 » Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:07 pm

Tectites are another possibility

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Post by Chris Peterson » Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:24 pm

BMAONE23 wrote:Tectites are another possibility
No, those don't look like tektites. The surfaces are wrong, the banding seen in one is wrong, the density is still wrong. Not sure where these were found, but if the scale Euro implies Europe, the color is wrong as well, as European tektites look like green glass.
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Re: Are these Meteor fragments?

Post by aomeara192 » Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:05 pm

In Ireland

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Post by Chris Peterson » Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:17 pm

aomeara192 wrote:In Ireland
No tektites in Ireland, AFAIK.
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