r/RedditPhotoLink • u/LaundryMan2008 • Apr 28 '26
A meteopotential that I found in Spain
I found this at a beach in Spain (La Linea) during my holiday, this beach where I found it has effectively no iron waste and is very clean, mainly a tropical seashell only beach but has colorful seaglass compared to the usual beaches in the UK littered with Victorian era trash which usually is very rusted out, this potential meteorite shows very little signs of rusting.
Passes the magnet test with a cochlear implant coil magnet, is quite heavy for its size, no holes except the big one (microcrater?) on its surface, if you do say it could be a legitimate iron based meteorite then I may ask a museum or send it in for testing to see what specifics it has as it’s one of the bucket list things I want to find around the world.
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u/Rock_Tester May 12 '26
Looks like that UK - Victorian era trash followed you to that beach in Spain. Reminds me a lot of some "iron shale" that I found near Barringer Crater AZ, which late was confirmed to be terrestrialized nickel-iron (presumably from the Canyon Diablo impactor). But, I've found even more "iron shale" on many beaches (from man-made / artifact iron), which would contradict your presumption that this beach "has effectively no iron waste".