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Is this a meteorite?

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Doesn't look like one to me, looks like iron slag. What does it weigh? Most metalic meteorites are extremely dense. I have collected several over the years and weight is the most distinguishing factor, the largest one I have is about 2/3 the size of a tennis ball and it weighs just over 13lbs. Another good way to tell is with a gieger counter as most all are quite radioactive, not dangerous levels but my big one sets off the gieger from several feet away.

 
It's metalic and has heat stress, so I would say yes, it is. Nice find! Take it to your local university and have it checked out.
 
Originally posted by: MrLee
Originally posted by: Bootprint
Looks like something you'd find near an old section of railroad tracks, at least that's where I've seen lots of similar looking objects. Slag.

I believe meterorites are much smoother.

Meterorite checklist
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/thread with this. look at the pics. nuff said.
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Especially the part that says, "If it's got lots of holes in it, it's not a meteorite."
 
Originally posted by: bignateyk
being as small as it is, I doubt its worth much of anything. We used to find dozens of meteorites out in the fields behind our house when I was a kid. The key is to wait until spring right after the farmers plow the fields, which turns them up.
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uhhh those are called rocks.
 
Doesn't really look like a meteorite to me. The abundance of vesicles (air pockets) and coloration make it seem like slag. I majored in geology and worked at a small natural history museum as an undergrad and we would get asked whether or not rocks like this were meteorites fairly often.
 
Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Doesn't look like one to me, looks like iron slag. What does it weigh? Most metalic meteorites are extremely dense. I have collected several over the years and weight is the most distinguishing factor, the largest one I have is about 2/3 the size of a tennis ball and it weighs just over 13lbs. Another good way to tell is with a gieger counter as most all are quite radioactive, not dangerous levels but my big one sets off the gieger from several feet away.
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interesting, because the link above says that meteorites are LESS radioactive that terrestrial rocks.
 
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