Why this rock
is probably not a meteorite:
Well, this one might be. The smiley face is a magnet. The smooth
surface it's stuck to is possibly a fusion crust. Those could be
regmaglypts in the lower photo. The
reddish color might be a weathering feature.
The rock was found in a cotton field in the flat part of west Texas.
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What is it?
It could well be an ordinary chondrite. I'd sure like to see a sawn
face of this one to see if it's reddish throughout
or contains metal.
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