Meteorite or common stone?
Thanks for the info. In that case I can just forget about it :-)
It's strange though how something like that could pop up in the middle
of a meadow.
Artur
On 26 Lip, 17:52, Saul Levy wrote:
Meteorites don't contain balls of steel/iron.
It sounds like something which had been in a fire pit.
Saul Levy
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:29:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Hello everyone,
Usually I don't have a lot to do with astronomy, but there's one event
that I waned to hear your opinion about.
Several years ago I came across a strange "stone", roughly egg-shaped,
about 20x10cm. It was a bit warm and the grass under and around it was
burnt.
The stone was very dark-gray, almost black, similar to gravel in
color. On its surface was a light-gray "sand" which fell off when
touched (like when you remove sand from your skin after sunbathing).
Inside the stone, where it was irregular it was possible to see 2
protruding balls of steel/iron or whatever - one was perfectly round
(and I mean perfectly) and the other one was round only on one side,
the other side was quite irregular.
I left the stone at my friends place for inspection, but I've
forgotten it and I've lost contact with the guy since that time.
Recently I remembered it again and became curious.
Could it have been a meteorite? If so, is it possible to tell
something more about it based on the above description?
Would be interesting to hear what you think.
Artur
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