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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: > >http://themeteoritesite.com/Jersey.jpg > >Best Regards, > >Adam > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list