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> Carl,
> You might want to sand and
> polish the cut end and 
> then have someone try etching it with nitric acid or ferric
> chloride.  
> Don't do it yourself unless you know the procedure as
> the chemicals are pretty 
> corrosive to skin as well.  Then if you get some
> Widmanstatten figures it 
> can be narrowed down some more.  If not, maybe
> it's not 
> meteoritic.
> Age and culture could best
> be determined by an 
> adept archaeologist.
> Thomas
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