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blowin · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:16 am Post subject: mineral i/d ?

Does anyone know what the shiney metallic looking blob might be ? It is very hard / difficult to scratch . Definitely within the rock rather than dropped onto it ie is not man-made .
There is a lot of quartz and iron pyrites around here ( Ox Mts , Co Sligo ) but I haven't found anything else quite like this .

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

I have seen a similar looking object in a quarry in Norfolk. I was led to believe it to be a meteor fragment.
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blowin · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:27 am Post subject:

I have only recently uncovered it . So that's where Graney's alien life form came from ! Laughing

It would be fantastic if it is a piece of meteorite . Any suggestions as to how / where to get it checked ?

quarryman · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 417 Location: Sligo

http://www.nuigalway.ie/eos/contact2.html

Email them the pics and youshould get some help.

blowin · Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:50 am Post subject:

Many thanks for that .
It might be quicker to send the rock by parcel than a pic by email but I will let you know what they say . Wink

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wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

Will a magnet stick to it?

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