Bucks N Bulls Report post Posted February 21, 2019 Nice finds! I was out hiking around Rincons one day and walked up on this impression in the ground. There was nothing but white dirt and rock. In the middle of it was this rock. It is very dense and i am pretty sure it is a meteorite. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Bucks N Bulls said: Nice finds! I was out hiking around Rincons one day and walked up on this impression in the ground. There was nothing but white dirt and rock. In the middle of it was this rock. It is very dense and i am pretty sure it is a meteorite. See if a magnet sticks to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bucks N Bulls Report post Posted February 21, 2019 They do and have checked before. I just did it now for you. Here is a pic. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seek100plus Report post Posted February 21, 2019 Ok all you rock hounds . My dad found this rock in a mine shaft roughly 30 feet down . I have had this rock for 30 years and always wondered if this rock had a bone petrified in the rock . If you look close you will see it. This rock has several different kinds rock material mixed . Any thoughts 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, seek100plus said: Ok all you rock hounds . My dad found this rock in a mine shaft roughly 30 feet down . I have had this rock for 30 years and always wondered if this rock had a bone petrified in the rock . If you look close you will see it. This rock has several different kinds rock material mixed . Any thoughts Pic two is 5 sided quartz crystal with what appears to be pyrite Last pic I believe is crystal in host igneous, basalt. Are they different views of the same rock? Fossils are mostly in sedimentary rock. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted February 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Bucks N Bulls said: They do and have checked before. I just did it now for you. Here is a pic. Streak test! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted February 21, 2019 3 hours ago, CatfishKev said: See if a magnet sticks to it. Streak test is more definitive, my driveway is full of rocks that will stick to a magnet. If it were a meteorite and a new find, researchers may want to study the specimens magnetic field uninterrupted by collectors with magnets. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bucks N Bulls Report post Posted February 22, 2019 Well after talking with Edge and testing my rock. Turns out i have hematite and not a meteorite. It was fun thinking i found one anyways. Ill keep lookin. Lol! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seek100plus Report post Posted February 22, 2019 Edge , I always wanted to know more about this rock . In my book very cool find . Over beers it is nice to tell people, I think it's a bone in the rock . If I find out it's not, then I can't anymore . Is this rock made by forced compaction or some other way ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted February 22, 2019 20 minutes ago, seek100plus said: Edge , I always wanted to know more about this rock . In my book very cool find . Over beers it is nice to tell people, I think it's a bone in the rock . If I find out it's not, then I can't anymore . Is this rock made by forced compaction or some other way ? I think what looks like bone is basalt, so it's volcanic rock. The Crystals precipitated in pockets of that extrusive magma probably with an ore body. Hince the mine shaft where it was found and what appears to be an iron pyrite inclusion. The pyrite, if that's what im seeing; with quarts crystals is the story here. Use vinegar, baking soda and a tooth brush to clean that fools gold up. Buy some oxalic acid cheap online and soak the quarts overnight and make it sparkle. You'd be surprised what that rock would sell for. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted February 22, 2019 Man, I misread the title. My eyes thought the "o" was an "a". Disappointed now. 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arizonian Report post Posted February 27, 2019 All I've ever found in the way of rock is leverite... As in leave'er right there, ain't worth messin' with... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
