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« on: December 20, 2010, 10:03:18 pm »
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Was out detecting and came across a rock that signaled nickle. I got to looking at googlemaps and found what looked like a crater. I walked the crater today and was mildly impressed with the rocks I recovered. Im attempting to contact the owner to see if what I was looking at was not a waterhole of days past. I need someone to look at the rocks, again I did not do any digging, just a magnet on a stick. Im no scientist and even though I have read whats online, the rocks dont conform to all the charactheristics of known meteorites.  Do you know of anyone here local in Las Cruces?  The pictures below represent the types of rocks being found in or around the hole. The little black rock is the most promising.Thanks.

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« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2010, 05:29:23 am »
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First of all, a sample that reads "nickle" does not mean it is made from nickle but that it has the appearance of the coin, the nickle, to the detector. That it is magnetic and attracts steel indicates to me it is most likely lodestone.

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« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2010, 09:10:45 am »
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Check out your local college see if they have a geology department , and let them tell you what it is.
or contact your state geology department , either should be willing to help you determine , what exactly it is you have found.


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« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2011, 11:26:11 am »
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@Casca - Not meteorites... Stone #2 looks like it "might" need to be ID'd, the picture is very blurry. The other 3 rocks are most probably not meteorites.

@Karl - Geologists are not always trained nor experienced in meteorites. Geology is the study of Earth rocks, and meteorites come from space.

Find a meteoriticist online to send sharp clear photos to, or a university with one on staff. Also, there are a myriad of collectors and dealers online that might be willing to look at your rock for free, to identify a suspect meteorite, and tell you whether it's worth pursuing further. Who knows if you luck out and it turns out you have a meteorite, they might buy it! Wink

@GoldDigger - GD is right, there are MANY terrestrial stones that will set off your detector, and many more that are attracted to a magnet. Hot rocks are common as many of you know from experience.

Hope this helps...

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