Meteorite type? Is it worth getting certified?

Found this thr other day it weighs 28.8grams density is 3.31 and magnet sticks and stays. U can see some of whatever type of metal it is under crust. Looks like it has very thin stacked and group lines with each group going in another direction.








Hi Michael,

The density doesn’t seem right for a meteor fragment that reacts to magnetic fields. The lines you mention… do they look like a cross-hatch weave or do they look like wax drip traces on the side of a candle?

Here are some links that may help provide clues to the origin and type:

Arizona State University

Washington University in St. Louis

The Meteorite Exchange

Meteolovers

Lunar and Planetary Institute

Several of these sites have people who can identify the nature of the stone for you.

Cheers!

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The sample looks like what I recall seeing in slag piles next to an old old foundry I used to visit when I was younger.