[meteorite-list] Close-up New Jersey Object

[Mike Reynolds]

That thing looks to me like many of the chunks of lead that I've dug while 
metal detecting, however, I just asked Lt. Robert Brightman, who was the 
officer on the scene if it was magnetic. He said that it held a magnet quite 
well. If it is lead, then there's something ferrous inside it, too.

Mike

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Norm,
I think that if they were to scratch it hard with a nail, it would go in
pretty deep and be very shiny.

Mike

Thanks for the better picture Adam. From the random
abrasions and percussion pits, it looks like a
fragment from some heavy equipment part that self
destructed, then got run over for a few months on a
hard surface. How it came to fall out of the sky is a
mystery though. Maybe it got stuck in the tire tread
of an airplane---

Cheers/Happy new orbit to all
Norm


--- Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at comcast.net> wrote:


>Here is a close-up of the New Jersey object:

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>http://themeteoritesite.com/Jersey.jpg

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>Best Regards,

>

>Adam

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