Identify if a Meteorite? Fusion Crust, Magnetic, Olivine

[Het Patel]

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Can someone help me to identify weather it is a meteroite or not? It has fusion crust,it is magnetic,it has metal flakes,it has meteorite crystal orange olivine and I may have rub 2 times that too hard to obtain the streak.

 

[DaveC426913]

Hi Het. Welcome.

PF tries to keep intros separate from science questions. Better to post your question in the Astro forum.
Also, if you can add a pic of your rock as an attachment, that'd prolly be a huge help.

 

[pinball1970]

A good one for @davenn

 

[256bits]

Looks to me like, rather than a meteorite, a meteor that burnt up in the atmosphere.

 

[Vanadium 50]

It has fusion crust

How do you know? It may have a crust, but how do you know it is a fusion crust?

t has meteorite crystal orange olivine

How do you know it's olivine?

 

[Het Patel]

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Can someone help me to identify weather it is a meteroite or not? It has fusion crust,it is magnetic,it has metal flakes,it has meteorite crystal orange olivine and I may have rub 2 times that too hard . Actually this rock has very aerodynamic !

How do you know? It may have a crust, but how do you know it is a fusion crust?How do you know it's olivine?

Because the crust looks like egg shell and interior is lighter then crust.

 

[davenn]

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Can someone help me to identify weather it is a meteroite or not? It has fusion crust,it is magnetic,it has metal flakes,it has meteorite crystal orange olivine and I may have rub 2 times that too hard to obtain the streak.

so where is the rock ?? there is no photo ...

 

[Vanadium 50]

Because the crust looks like egg shell and interior is lighter then crust.

If it looks like egg shell, that's quite light colored, and if the interior is lighter still, why do you think its olivine?

You really need to post a photo. There is a reason people keep asking you.

 

[jim mcnamara]

If we cannot get a photo, we cannot help. Period. I will check back tomorrow. No photo means we close the thread. Thank you.

 

[DaveC426913]

Looks to me like, rather than a meteorite, a meteor that burnt up in the atmosphere.

Wait, was this a joke??

(It must have been one that evaporated before it went over our heads.)

 

[Het Patel]

 

[Het Patel]

 

[256bits]

The pictures are well done!

 

[Het Patel]

Do you think this is a meteorite?

 

[Het Patel]

The pictures are well done!

Thanks!

 

[davenn]

Hi you Het Patel
welcome to PF

Do you think this is a meteorite?

No definitely not, there are zero observable signs that one would expect for a meteorite
It does not have a fusion crust. ... it looks like an Earth rock, maybe a greywacke or similar

I collect meteorites and have ~ 250 of them from all over the world
This is what a fusion crust looks like...
Chelyabinsk Feb. 2013 -- very fresh crust

or
A Northwest Africa meteorite somewhat older crust

Here's a www site that will make a good reading place for you
https://meteoritegallery.com/what-do-meteorites-look-like/

 

[Het Patel]

It looks like Earth rock because it may be stony meteorites??

its fusion crust looks somewhat similar to 2nd one

 

[Het Patel]

Hi you Het Patel
welcome to PF
No definitely not, there are zero observable signs that one would expect for a meteorite
It does not have a fusion crust. ... it looks like an Earth rock, maybe a greywacke or similar

I collect meteorites and have ~ 250 of them from all over the world
This is what a fusion crust looks like...
Chelyabinsk Feb. 2013 -- very fresh crust
View attachment 284855

or
A Northwest Africa meteorite somewhat older crust
View attachment 284856

Here's a www site that will make a good reading place for you
https://meteoritegallery.com/what-do-meteorites-look-like/

It may not look like crust but it is . And my camera quality is not that great

 

[Het Patel]

Hi you Het Patel
welcome to PF
No definitely not, there are zero observable signs that one would expect for a meteorite
It does not have a fusion crust. ... it looks like an Earth rock, maybe a greywacke or similar

I collect meteorites and have ~ 250 of them from all over the world
This is what a fusion crust looks like...
Chelyabinsk Feb. 2013 -- very fresh crust
View attachment 284855

or
A Northwest Africa meteorite somewhat older crust
View attachment 284856

Here's a www site that will make a good reading place for you
https://meteoritegallery.com/what-do-meteorites-look-like/

Anyways thanks for your reply

 

[davenn]

has meteorite crystal orange olivine

I don't see any obvious yellow - green olivine crystals
This is what they typically look like in a meteorite, normally a pallasite which also has lots of metal
Again, from my collection ...
The Sericho Pallasite from Kenya

it has metal flakes

Again, I don't see any obvious metal flakes. Stony meteorites often have metal flakes, this is a feature that is non-existent
in Earth rocks and is a good indicator of a meteorite, this is what it commonly looks like in a chondrite meteorite ...
Tenham, Queensland, Australia

You can see all the little flakes of metal through the sample, this just doesn't happen with Earth rocks

it is magnetic

Irons, Pallasites and Chondrites are all attracted to a magnet with their varying amounts of iron and nickel that is present
Achondrite meteorites have near to zero metal and are rarely attracted to a magnet. Examples are ...
Lunar and Martian breccias and the H.E.D series of asteroid achondrites.
You need to remember that many Earth rocks are also attracted to a magnet including the two most mis-identified ones,
volcanic basalts and andesites

regards
Dave

 

[Het Patel]

I don't see any obvious yellow - green olivine crystals
This is what they typically look like in a meteorite, normally a pallasite which also has lots of metal
Again, from my collection ...
The Sericho Pallasite from Kenya
View attachment 284858

Again, I don't see any obvious metal flakes. Stony meteorites often have metal flakes, this is a feature that is non-existent
in Earth rocks and is a good indicator of a meteorite, this is what it commonly looks like in a chondrite meteorite ...
Tenham, Queensland, Australia
View attachment 284859

You can see all the little flakes of metal through the sample, this just doesn't happen with Earth rocks
Irons, Pallasites and Chondrites are all attracted to a magnet with their varying amounts of iron and nickel that is present
Achondrite meteorites have near to zero metal and are rarely attracted to a magnet. Examples are ...
Lunar and Martian breccias and the H.E.D series of asteroid achondrites.
You need to remember that many Earth rocks are also attracted to a magnet including the two most mis-identified ones,
volcanic basalts and andesites

regards
Dave

This is because I have have not grinded window yet and secondly my camera quality is dull

 

[Het Patel]

Sorry you were not able to see an obvious olivine because my camera couldn't capture that clearly

 

[Het Patel]

Sorry you were not able to see an obvious olivine because my camera couldn't capture that clearly

in my stone it somewhat looks like this.

 

[davenn]

It may not look like crust but it is . And my camera quality is not that great

It's a weathering crust NOT a meteoritic fusion crust

You are talking to some one who has been doing meteorite collecting/studying for 30 years
If you want to learn, listen to me!
I have given you good advice, since you refuse to listen to it, that is your loss

 

[davenn]

This is because I have have not grinded window yet and secondly my camera quality is dull

you didnt need to ... it was obvious without doing that

 

[Baluncore]

It looks to me like it was water worn, and has developed a patina during long exposure.
I want to know exactly where it was found. Latitude and longitude ?
Was it found in a riverbed, on a beach, in a desert, or maybe in an agricultural field ?

 

[Vanadium 50]

It sounds like you don't want us to tell you if it is a meteorite; you want us to tell you that it is a meteorite.

 

[davenn]

It looks like Earth rock because it may be stony meteorites?? View attachment 284860its fusion crust looks somewhat similar to 2nd one

Again, There is NO fusion crust. You need to learn what a fusion crust looks like
I have given you a couple of examples. There are many more in that link I gave you

Also, meteorites are pretty much never egg shaped as you rocks are
look at my pic's I posted earlier, they are chunky/blocky rocks
as are these ones ...

Dave

 

[Baluncore]

The surface patina shows pits due to rapid chemical weathering of some minor mineral component. Around here those pits are typical of diabase (dolerite) water worn river pebbles.

When the hot meteorite slows down and begins to cool in the lower atmosphere, the surface shrinks first, opening cooling cracks in the surface. Then the inside cools and shrinks which partly closes the surface cracks. I see no cooling cracks in the OP's pictures.

 

[davenn]

I see no cooling cracks in the OP's pictures.

That, as I have said several times, is, because it isn't a meteorite

 

[K Henson]

Het Patel -
Like the others, overall it does not strike one as meteoric origin.
Looks more like a dense basalt that's been river tumbled into the shape it now has.
Basalt can be magnetic since it's rich in iron.
It can also have olivine crystals which colors can vary.
A local university with a decent geology department should be able to thin section it and put it on a petrographic microscope which will definitively answer the question.

 

[davenn]

When the hot meteorite slows down and begins to cool in the lower atmosphere, the surface shrinks first, opening cooling cracks in the surface. Then the inside cools and shrinks which partly closes the surface cracks.

Actually, I will clarify that comment. I should have done so when I first read it.
Not all stone meteorites end up with a cracked fusion crust. Some are, most are not. See the examples I posted from my collection
near the start of the thread.

Contraction cracking is caused the strong cooling high in the atmosphere, 15 - 20 km or so. This can be as it passes through particularly
cool layers of the atmosphere. A fellow collector who does indepth meteorite studies commented that frost can form on the fusion crust
causing the cracks and in extreme cases a layer of ice can form, making those cracks even more pronounced.

Surprisingly, the inside of the meteoroid doesn't heat up overly much. Rock is a very good heat insulator.

My favourite cracked crust meteorite's is Ghadamis from NW Africa, Algeria, from memory.
This is a 1.45kg sample.