Can anyone identify this rock?

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Can anyone identify this rock?

Submitted by paulnjess on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 20:26.

My wife found this washed up on a beach. I have never seen anything like it. Could it possibly be a meteor? It looks like it is melted on the outside and it is very light.

Thanks!

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Oops! I think the photo went

Sun, 08/03/2008 - 20:33

Oops! I think the photo went missing Winking However, given you said it's light, it's not a meteorite - they're very dense, being mostly iron.

Unfortunately, anything found laying on a beach is incredibly difficult to identify. However, post a photo and we'll see what we can do.

See here to see how to post a pic.

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There we go! Thank you!

Sun, 08/03/2008 - 20:53

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Sun, 08/03/2008 - 21:00

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Pitch?

Sun, 08/03/2008 - 22:57

It's the lustre on the broken surfaces I think that gives this one away (and the lightness). It is probably asphalt/pitch/bitumen.

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Could be slag? Its not

Thu, 08/21/2008 - 20:51

Could be slag? Its not meteor anyway.

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hem.. looks like a coal that

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 08:56

hem.. looks like a coal that have been washed up to the shores...

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I agree with Hypocentre on

Thu, 09/04/2008 - 23:18

I agree with Hypocentre on this one. Looking at the photograph of the freash surface you can just about make out faint bedding, which at the very least totally rules out a meteor.

It's most likely bitumen, i.e. a high grade coal.

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