identify this rock please

[maddowg1192000]

Our neighbor found this rock and thinks it might be a meteorite, it weighs around 40lbs and is magnetic> I told him I would post and see what you guys think. thanks for any info

[gooty]

Sorry, had too!

Meteor Bert: Well, it ain't a meteor.

Joe Dirt: Yeah, it is. It came out of the sky.

Meteor Bert: Well I'm sure it did but it ain't no meteor. It's a big ol' frozen chunk o' [PoorWordUsage].

Joe Dirt: What?

Meteor Bert: Oh yeah, see them airplanes they dump their toilets 36,000 feet. The stuff freezes and falls to earth. We call 'em Boeing bombs.

[chomps teeth]

Joe Dirt: No, that can't be. That's not what it is.

Meteor Bert: Oh, afraid so. See that peanut? Dead giveaway.

Joe Dirt: Uhhh, no, that's a space peanut.

Meteor Bert: No, afraid not. That just a big ol' frozen chunk of [PoorWordUsage].

[TonkaBass]

lmao!!!

[itchmesir]

definitely not a meteorite.. i love when people can't identify a rock they automatically think it's a meteorite.. the dead give away that it's not a meteorite is the big band of quartz..

[Sturg]

looking at the picture I would guess a form of hematite, a form of iron ore. When you say it is magnetic do you mean metal is attracted to it or a magnet sticks to it? It may have another mineral called magnetite in it. The bands of quartz in it indicate it was an earhtly process. Probably deposited by a glacier.

[Connan]

Yup just an ordinary rock. I think meteorites look more like an actual chunk of metal that has kinda melted... These meteorites that have been cut showing the inner crystal structure are pretty neat

[TonkaBass]

Thats crazy. I found a weird rock the other day. I will have to try and get a pic off my phone to see what you guys think.

[Wabamskee]

Is that a throwing star clinging to that rock? Badazz!

[Stick in Mud]

Wow, those are some sweet meteorites....what are the odds of actually finding one of those things? Any estimates about how many actually hit the earth each year?

[itchmesir]

Wow, those are some sweet meteorites....what are the odds of actually finding one of those things? Any estimates about how many actually hit the earth each year?

I found numbers that say anywhere from 18,000-78,000 meteorites bigger than 10 grams hit earth each year.. from what I know too.. They are worth a good chunk of change to collectors

[Wabamskee]

Ecth-cooth me...I'd like to buy a meteor pleeth

[Connan]

Yup they are worth alot. I remeber seeing one for sale at a rock shop in new Mexico for like $30,000. There are a few on Fleebay for an insane price. There used to be a show on Tv with a guy who made a huge metal detector attached to the front of his truck and he would drive through the desert looking for them...