Hello All,
Dave sent me the pics of the item in question - here they are:
Looks curious enough - I'm pretty sure that no cannonball ever weighed close to 110 lbs.
However, the shape, the shape...it appears to be man made to me, but I just don't see any real use for such a ball of iron.
Analysis!
Regards,
Jason
On 9/26/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I would like to show a picture of what a friend of a friend thinks might be a meteorite but I know we are not permitted attachments in our emails to the list. Any ideas of how I can post a few pictures?
The object which this person dug up (on a 20 acre rural plot in Illinois) is very round, 9 1/4 inch in diameter and weighs 110 lbs. That's pretty much the density of iron, 7.87 g/cc or 492 lb/ft3. It's surface is rusted, but it is nearly perfectly round. The rusted surface gives the impression of thumbprints but it is simply rusted. I think it's a cannonball but am not certain that old cannonballs were this size and weighed 110 lbs.
I filed off a chink to do a nickel test but so far haven't the right chemicals to do one.
Any ideas?
Dave
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