Why this rock is probably not a meteorite:
This rock clearly has a crust, but it's thick, reddish, and lumpy.
If you look close, there are square shapes in the crust. A meteorite,
even a iron meteorite, will be smoother than this on the surface,
and there won't be any squares.
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What is it?
This appears to be a cluster of pyrite crystals like number 76.
The outside is rusty because the iron sulfide has oxidized to iron
oxide.
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