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Posted: 4/9/2022 10:30:03 AM EDT
Sorry, no pictures (phone won't upload)
Roughly 1.5" × 2.5"
Looks exactly like many pictures of small iron meteorites.
Scanned with an X-Ray scanner thingy at work.
Can it be determined by the results below?
Ag
<LOD=0.0183
AI
<LOD=0.0000
Au
<LOD=0.0159
Bi
0.0074 +/- 0.0034
Cd
<LOD=0.0182
Co
LOD=0.2511
Cr
<LOD=0.0869
Cu
0.0241 +/- 0.0137
Fe
87.8548 +/- 0.2356
Hf
<LOD=0.000
Mn
1.5370 +/- 0.0724
Mo
<LOD=0.0039
Nb
0.0030 +/- 0.0015
Ni
<LOD=0.1170
Pb
<LOD=0.0186
Pd
<LOD=0.0211
Re
<LOD=0.0000
Ru
<LOD=0.0045
Sb
<LOD=0.0213
Se
<LOD=0.0036
Sn
<LOD=0.0185
Ta
<LOD=0.0000
Te
<LOD=0.0000
Ti
10.0128 +/- 0.1704
V
0.3902 +/- 0.0686
W
<LOD=0.0000
Y
<LOD=0.0000
Zn
0.0790 +/- 0.0149
Zr
0.0918 +/- 0.0049
Link Posted: 4/9/2022 10:38:04 AM EDT
[#1]
no idea. Does a magnet stick to it?
Link Posted: 4/9/2022 10:57:04 AM EDT
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no idea. Does a magnet stick to it?
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Yes, magnetic. Surface is light to dark brown and shiny. Had it for 50yrs. No rust.
Link Posted: 4/9/2022 11:07:49 AM EDT
[#3]
It's definitely a candidate.
Link Posted: 4/9/2022 11:12:08 AM EDT
[#4]
Are you sure it isn't a kidney stone?
Link Posted: 4/9/2022 11:21:58 AM EDT
[#5]
88% iron and 10% titanium.  Hmm.
Link Posted: 4/9/2022 11:24:43 AM EDT
[#6]
I’m going to say you might have one.

Meteorite not a Meteor-Wrong.
Link Posted: 4/9/2022 3:14:59 PM EDT
[#7]
You sure its not just whats left of grandpa's pickup?
Link Posted: 4/11/2022 11:38:25 PM EDT
[#8]
Last I heard picture rules still apply outside of GD
Link Posted: 4/12/2022 12:04:10 AM EDT
[#9]
Sounds like one.
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Link Posted: 4/12/2022 2:06:12 AM EDT
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Last I heard picture rules still apply outside of GD
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Would love to post a picture, but I disabled and deleted so much app bullshit from my phone, it won't upload to anywhere. Can send in texts or emails.
Link Posted: 4/12/2022 11:30:07 PM EDT
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Would love to post a picture, but I disabled and deleted so much app bullshit from my phone, it won't upload to anywhere. Can send in texts or emails.
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I know there's a pretty good joke about having access to an x-ray spectrometer while also having phone problems in here somewhere
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