Re: [meteorite-list] What could this be - part 2

[Paul Dudley]

I'll add one more possibility to the list of possibilities--  knowing that it is from Pennsylvania-- siderite (iron carbonate)  precipitated on limestone boulder from a stream polluted by acid mine drainage.   --Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Strope To: Meteorite Central Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 10:00 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] What could this be - part 2 More on the photos I posted earlier.   These are photos that I received today from Pennsylvania.  Supposedly this was found on a farm years ago and has been kept in the family.  They said it is extremely heavy for it's size.  No word yet if it attracts a magnet.  The puzzling thing is that it if it was a meteorite it looks like it has been sandblasted much like Oum Rokba which would be impossible in a wet environment like Pennsylvania.   Recent guesses are:   hematite nodule,  jasper,  water deposited specimen of Goethite(Fe3O4, Hematite     Here are the photos again: http://www.geocities.com/nwa482/DSCF0014.jpg   http://www.geocities.com/nwa482/DSCF0015.jpg   http://www.geocities.com/nwa482/DSCF0017.jpg   Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV  26038   Catch a Falling Star Meteorites http://www.catchafallingstar.com