Meteorite

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Originally Posted by fastdadio

meteors are cool, no doubt, and I too would like to have one. Here's something else I think is very unique. The megladon.
https://www.fossilera.com/fossils-fo...egalodon-teeth
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/megalodon

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Neat!!

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Originally Posted by sparky45

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Thank you Sir.

Used to do some searching in the Arizona desert for meteorites with my metal detector. Never found one. Found lots of meteorwrongs, though.

Also found some cool petrified wood...

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If you love rocks, fossils, gems, meteorites, etc. then you have to make at least one trip to Quartzite, AZ for the annual gem show in January. Just an amazing selection of cool stuff at great prices.

You want giant dinosaur leg bones? They have them. Want millions of fossilized shark teeth? They have those, too...

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Originally Posted by Shawlerbrook

Reminds me of the Jim Bowie movie with Alan Ladd where his knife was made from a meteorite.

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I'm pretty sure it was called The Iron Princess tho it could have been The Iron Maiden. Aint seen that show for 35 years. I couldnt find it on you tube but maybe someone better than me can find it

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Originally Posted by reloader28

I'm pretty sure it was called The Iron Princess tho it could have been The Iron Maiden. Aint seen that show for 35 years. I couldnt find it on you tube but maybe someone better than me can find it

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It was the Iron Mistress. A friend of mine made the knives that were used in the old TV show.

It would be interesting to hold for sure. I have held a couple of other worldly objects...on first dates and last dates ;^)

I found this meteorite in the Mojave desert near a place called Rice. It is the area where Patton trained his tank corps for the invasion of North Africa. It is made of iron and weighs six ounces. The earth is hit by thousands of meteorites everyday. I saw a man on TV who lived just below Tucson, Arizona who had made a great deal of money picking up meteorites and selling them to the Japanese.

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Originally Posted by AndyC

Neat!!

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AndyC,
Did you ever check it with a Geiger counter?

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Originally Posted by Bmi48219

AndyC,
Did you ever check it with a Geiger counter?

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Again with the critical thinking!

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Originally Posted by 358429

Again with the critical thinking!

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358429,
Please explain how, asking if OP had checked his meteor with a Geiger counter, be considered critical thinking?

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Originally Posted by Bmi48219

358429,
Please explain how, asking if OP had checked his meteor with a Geiger counter, be considered critical thinking?

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Well you had a good idea for how to spot the scammer who is trying to sell the invisible Henry rifle, call the neighbors and see if the building is vacant. That idea never occurred to me.
Now looking at meteorites you bring up the subject of checking them for unusual radiations. Also another very good idea.
How terrible would it be to purchase a stone on eBay that was picked up from an underground nuclear test site?

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Originally Posted by Bmi48219

AndyC,
Did you ever check it with a Geiger counter?

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Send me one and I will.

Makes me homesick for Krypton.

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Originally Posted by 358429

Now looking at meteorites you bring up the subject of checking them for unusual radiations. Also another very good idea. How terrible would it be to purchase a stone on eBay that was picked up from an underground nuclear test site?

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I didn’t think of that and I really know zero about meteors. Just curious if it had been exposed to nuclear fusion or fission while being formed or traveling here. Isn’t everyone?
I know steel & iron processed after 1945 are traceably radioactive because lingering radiation and residual fallout from nuclear bombs and tests attaches to iron ore and incorporates into the finished steel, even today. That’s why pre-1945 steel is highly desired for certain applications. I’m told Geiger counters are adjusted to chirp when detecting radiation levels in excess of the amount commonly present all around us.
Just wondered if a meteorite was radioactive.

Interesting question. After the japan '45 bombings, people were collecting the molten sand/glass, called 'trinitite', I believe, and were making jewelry out of it. Years later, they discovered that it was indeed radioactive! If meteors did come from a star, I would think the radioactivity question to be sound.

I guess that coming from China, OP’s meteorite piece wouldn’t have made it through US customs inspection if it were highly radioactive. At least I hope not.
Must be super cool to hold something that started off as debris from a stellar event and travelled untold millions of miles before slamming into earth. It certainly has every right to glow in the dark, IMO.

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Originally Posted by Bmi48219

I guess that coming from China, OP’s meteorite piece wouldn’t have made it through US customs inspection if it were highly radioactive. At least I hope not.
Must be super cool to hold something that started off as debris from a stellar event and travelled untold millions of miles before slamming into earth. It certainly has every right to glow in the dark, IMO.

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^^^ Like ^^^

If that was tested with an XRF gun would it only show iron ? I guess this thread has got my interest.

Mike