Can this be a meteorite? Or else?

[spazle]

When I was roughly 12 and really curious about stones I’ve found a rock more peculiar than all the others. It’s as big as the fist of a kid and very dense. It appears as a rusty piece of metal with lumps and bubbles.

A few days ago I’ve found it among my stuff and my mind was brought back to that time when I’ve found it. After all these years, still I don’t have a clue about the origin of this rock. I’ve talked to “experts” and they say it my be a meteorite. But so far nobody could give me a straight and sure answer. I hope I can find someone on this forum that can help me to identify this nugget.










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[rockjunquie]

Aug 16, 2023 13:47:04 GMT -5 spazle said:

When I was roughly 12 and really curious about stones I’ve found a rock more peculiar than all the others. It’s as big as the fist of a kid and very dense. It appears as a rusty piece of metal with lumps and bubbles.

A few days ago I’ve found it among my stuff and my mind was brought back to that time when I’ve found it. After all these years, still I don’t have a clue about the origin of this rock. I’ve talked to “experts” and they say it my be a meteorite. But so far nobody could give me a straight and sure answer. I hope I can find someone on this forum that can help me to identify this nugget.

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[vegasjames]

That is definitely not a meteorite. Appears to be a limonite (mix of iron oxides and hydroxides) nodule. A meteorite would not have an irregular, bumpy surface like that. It would have a smoother surface. And the interior metal would be bright silver.

[Tommy]

spazle welcome to the forum. I fixed your photo links for you. Basically the ".heic" at the end of the links needed to be a .jpg