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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 640289" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Hi George B. Perhaps if you could carry out some basic tests that would be helpful. The bit that is sliced seems to show metallic content. Does it react with hydrochloride acid?</p><p>Can it be scratched with quartz, a nail or a pocket knife? Are you able to do a specific gravity test on it to determine its density?</p><p>Looks Tektitish but these glassy objects are formed from impacted melted surface rocks and are usually poor in metal and give no detecting or magnetic signature.</p><p>Just from looking I’d have a stab at meteoric iron. The scatter of the objects also seems to be consistent with a meteoric fall. If it is a great find!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 640289, member: 4728"] Hi George B. Perhaps if you could carry out some basic tests that would be helpful. The bit that is sliced seems to show metallic content. Does it react with hydrochloride acid? Can it be scratched with quartz, a nail or a pocket knife? Are you able to do a specific gravity test on it to determine its density? Looks Tektitish but these glassy objects are formed from impacted melted surface rocks and are usually poor in metal and give no detecting or magnetic signature. Just from looking I’d have a stab at meteoric iron. The scatter of the objects also seems to be consistent with a meteoric fall. If it is a great find! [/QUOTE]
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