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Are these Meteor fragments?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:41 pm
by aomeara192
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?
Re: Are these Meteor fragments?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:55 pm
by neufer
Re: Are these Meteor fragments?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 3:05 pm
by BMAONE23
Slag came to my mind also and it is similar to any of these
Google Images of Slag
Re: Are these Meteor fragments?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 3:41 pm
by Chris Peterson
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.
Re: Are these Meteor fragments?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:07 pm
by BMAONE23
Tectites are another possibility
Re: Are these Meteor fragments?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 6:24 pm
by Chris Peterson
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.
Re: Are these Meteor fragments?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:05 pm
by aomeara192
In Ireland
Re: Are these Meteor fragments?
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:17 pm
by Chris Peterson
aomeara192 wrote:In Ireland
No tektites in Ireland, AFAIK.
