Is it a Meteorite ☄️ or a MeteorWRONG? 3 Rock IDs for Rockhounders with Surprise Guest January 2025
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- January Meteorite or Meteorwrong? | Rock ID Session with a Surprise Guest!
On the third Wednesday of January, our Knowledge Bolide Crew came together to analyze and discuss rock submissions from three of our valued Rockhound/Hunter Supporters. But this session had an unexpected twist-a highly respected meteorite classifier made a surprise appearance! You never know who might show up to our hangouts, and this session was a prime example of the incredible access and expertise our community enjoys.
Topher’s reputation in the meteoritic science field continues to attract esteemed experts who provide valuable insights, making our hangouts an unparalleled learning opportunity. It’s always an amazing experience when our crew’s observations are validated by the best in the industry!
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Hello, greetings from Brazil. Excellent video! Minute 31:51 is fantastic, the texture of this Martian meteorite is incredible. The patterns look like the skin of a leopard, simply beautiful. Thank you very much for posting it. All the best to you and your family.
Sincerely, Geovane Freitas.
Thank you for the kind words. However, the rock featured at 31:51 is not a meteorite, let alone a Martian Meteorite. I can see where you might think it has a Shergottite-like texture, but it was actually this specific part of the rock that convinced not only our crew, but also the meteorite classifier who was present that this rock is indeed a meteorwrong. I wish I had the ability to post photos within the comments here so I could show you this rock side by side with a Martian Shergottite. Perhaps I will post something like this on our community page? We always tell our crew and many of the amateur hunters who reach out to us that the best method of using photos as a way of identifying potential meteorites is to look for the DIFFERENCES between photos of authenticated meteorites instead of looking for similarities. Sometimes our minds trick us if we are only looking for the similarities. A lot of times, we end up seeing what we are wanting or hoping to see. Anyway, hopefully this insight is helpful. Please keep watching and feeling free to comment! :)
@@TopherspinMeteorites Hello, greetings from Brazil. Thank you very much for taking the time to write such a well-written answer... All the best to you and your family.
شكرا لكم جميعا على هذا اللقاء المميز ، انصح السادة الذين شاركونا تلك القطع ان لا يتوقفو عن البحث لابد ان يجد كل واحد منهم شيئا ، اتمنى لهم حظا سعيدا ، شكرا فريق البرنامج 😊
Thank you so much! We usually ask people to translate their comments to English using Google Translate, but I really appreciated your positive message. I am posting your comment in English here. :)
Translated from Arabic to English: "Thank you all for this special meeting. I advise the gentlemen who shared these pieces with us not to stop searching. Each one of them might find something. I wish them good luck. Thank you team 😊"
Sure love these I D shows. Very helpful. ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for the positive feedback and for subscribing!
Thanks!
You're very welcome, thanks for watching! 😊
Great job, guys...
I always love to dentify the various features that are typical of meteorwrongs before you guys start to identify them 😂
That's awesome and such a GREAT way to learn! Sometimes we chuckle when we are watching the video submissions and hear people pointing out features like fusion crust when it is clearly not fusion crust. However, we try to be patient, kind and understanding with our viewers, at least the nice ones! ha ha... Everyone has to start somewhere. If they keep trying, while remaining open to constructive criticism, eventually there are many people who do learn how to correctly identify meteoritic features. We even have someone on our crew who used to be a little stubborn, but she was so eager to learn and has the mind of a sponge. Anything she learns, she retains and is always thirsty for more knowledge. You can imagine how excited we all were when she drove to the site of a recent meteorite fall and actually found a real meteorite. We were so proud of her. :)
I'll be purchasing some of your meteorites soon!
We'll be happy to see you in our shop sometime soon! Thanks 👍
Sir I have unique rock from the surface
Awesome informative video!
Thank you for the positive feedback. We appreciate you watching and being a valuable member of our crew. 😊
Really good video. It's nice to see that the submissions had good videos and photos. 2 looked like a rock covered in tar used to patch asphalt roads. 3 seemed close, but Chris mentioned that it could be dinosaur bone. The polished face is reminiscent of that texture. Well done, Crew!
Thanks Bruce! Yeah, the crew and the meteorite classifier who were present during the recording of this video were all pretty sure right away that these rocks were not meteorites. Topher was pretty sure that #3 wasn't but he actually asked for more close up photos of certain features before he made a decision. As always, we never share any of our opinions before presenting to the crew. Most of the time, Topher doesn't even view the media. He is usually seeing it for the first time with you guys. But that rock had me second guessing so I asked Topher to preview the media for #3 so we would be prepared with additional media if necessary. After the crew discussed this one, we determined it wasn't a meteorite.
I also wanted to add..... The submitter was present and VERY open to learning from the crew's feedback and accepting the answer. As you know, this isn't always the case. I think he went hunting again soon after we recorded this video and actually found a meteorite! This is exactly why we always advise that people stop spending so much time dwelling on their meteorwrong, that way they can invest their time into finding a meteorite! And that is exactly what Adam did!
Good luck
Thank you!
Dios le bendiga tengo de todo eso tipo de roca Dios le bendiga y le guarde 🙏🙏🙏❤
English only please. And please make sure that your comments are related to our videos and definitely NOT related to any rocks you are trying to sell.
خسته نباشید بسیار کار شما زیباست من با اینکه زبان شما را نمیدانم ولی باز هم میفهم بسیار آموزنده بسیار سپاسگزارم از شما ❤
We only allow English comments on our UA-cam page, but your comment was so nice, so I wanted to let you know that we really appreciate it. In the future, please write your comment into Google Translate in Arabic and it will automatically translate it into English and then you will be able to copy and paste the English comments into UA-cam. It would be awesome for everyone to see your kind words.
Sir, I have magnetite stones from Sri Lanka. I got knowledge after watching your video. Thank you...❣
Thanks for watching!
I love the video
Thanks so much for the awesome feedback!
القمة هنا خبراء النيازك مشكورين عن العمل
We only allow English comments on our UA-cam page, but I wanted to let you know that we really appreciate you viewing and participating in the discussions in the comments. In the future, please write your comment into Google Translate in Arabic and it will automatically translate it into English and then you will be able to copy and paste the English comments into UA-cam. It would be awesome for everyone to see what you have to share. :)
The sound stopped 24.4 during the slag rock😢
Try again. The video has audio on the entire video.
Hi, I have a rock (?) that my dad found some time ago with a metal detector. After a quick research on google (I know it's not very reliable) we came to conclusion that it might be a meteorite. It would be nice if you could give me some ways to verify that, because I don't know if I should just throw it out. Additionally could you tell me if it's alright for me to crack it open either way? Cause I'm not sure if it would be bad if it turned out to actually be a meteorite.
Of course we can help you with this! As you can imagine, we receive dozens of requests like this daily, so we now offer a monthly rock ID service that costs only $25.00 per month on Patreon. Just sign up for the Rockhound/Hunter Supporter Tier on our Patreon account. www.patreon.com/c/topherspin/membership
I have a stone 97percent metal check if a meteorite
Is that your rock from November 7th, 2024?
That is a naturally magnetic Lodestone (magnetite) rock you have. A very cool find.
How to send the video
Lucky for you and all other rockhounders I have a Patreon membership that has a monthly benefit of a rock identification by my Crew and I. Join as a Rockhound Supporter at www.patreon.com/topherspin
I will show to you tel me if meteorite
We only allow English on our channel.
J'ai une météorite martienne plus de 10kg
We only allow people to comment in English on our channel. Please use Google Translate if you would like to add a comment to the discussion about this video. Please make sure that your comments are not off topic. Never try to sell your own rocks on my UA-cam channel.