Could this be a meteor?

[DaveGarland]

Sorry if this is wasting your time folks but my friend would like to know if this could be a meteor? She found it in her garden. She asked me to ask you all so I have.

Thanks for your time.

Dave.

[JessicaFaye]

Did she have a crater in her garden?.... what kind of size is that, my gut tells me it's probably not but I have no idea

[DaveGarland]

Ha ha, no crater no. No my gut feeling is not too but as said, I told her I'd ask.

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[JessicaFaye]

Ha ha, no crater no. No my gut feeling is not too but as said, I told her I'd ask.

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Always worth asking... be pretty cool if it was!

[John]

It's a meteorite if it's found it's way to the ground, a meteor when we see it burn up in the sky 

To determine if it's of meteoric origin a specialist lab (eg: NHM in London) would need to test it.

99.9% of the time such finds are not of meteoric origin I believe.

[Laurie61]

Meteorites quite often have iron in them and a magnet will stick to it.      

[TwoPi]

There are more tips on identifying them here: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/space/meteorites-dust/collecting-identifying-meteorites/identifying-meteorites/index.html

[sugarcoatedsour]

Did you test this rock with a strong magnet? Even a regular fridge magnet will work. If it attracts the magnet then look into it further, if it doesn't attract a magnet then it's almost definitely not a meteorite.

Also, does it weigh quite heavy for it's size? Because meteorites contain iron they are quite dense.

[starman1969]

Looks a bit like my iron Tunguska meteorite. That is only about the size of a 10p piece.

What's the scale on this??

[ChrisLX200]

Only way to know is through lab analysis - slice it and look at the structure is simplest. There are lots of pieces of iron slag around from a variety of industrial processes (old and new)

ChrisH

[Kropster]

Looks very much like an iron type nodule or similar.

I have seem them looking nice and smooth.... usually from being tumbled in a river or the sea at some point.

Makes them look like they have been toasted in the atmosphere!

But you would need an expert to say.

Would be worth emailing a photo to the Natural History Museum... they have a big meteorite display.