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<blockquote data-quote="starfield7" data-source="post: 82429" data-attributes="member: 3209"><p>It looks like a big hunk of iron, but whether it's a nickel/iron meteorite or not needs more information and photos than what has been provided.</p><p></p><p>There appears to be no fusion crust on the outside. In fact the fusion crust appears to be replaced with some type of casting agent.</p><p></p><p>The shape is not that of a piece of meteorite shrapnel, nor does it appear to have any rounded edges. There appears to be thumb print/regmaglypts, but these can be faked.</p><p></p><p>I think it's a cast piece of iron that was made for the specific purpose of fooling others into thinking it is an iron meteorite.</p><p></p><p>More details and photos would need to be provided to prove otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="starfield7, post: 82429, member: 3209"] It looks like a big hunk of iron, but whether it's a nickel/iron meteorite or not needs more information and photos than what has been provided. There appears to be no fusion crust on the outside. In fact the fusion crust appears to be replaced with some type of casting agent. The shape is not that of a piece of meteorite shrapnel, nor does it appear to have any rounded edges. There appears to be thumb print/regmaglypts, but these can be faked. I think it's a cast piece of iron that was made for the specific purpose of fooling others into thinking it is an iron meteorite. More details and photos would need to be provided to prove otherwise. [/QUOTE]
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