I found a material today I wasn't familiar with while helping a friend along an abandoned railroad track. Your video has answered my question, it was slag. Thank you for posting.
I put some slag in a rock tumbler as an experiment and the results were very nice. It didn't shine or polish as well as a jasper would but it did come out smooth with a sheen. It felt good to the touch.
on the railroad tracks by me we find very silvery rocks we call 'galena' but it doesn't look like the galena find in other non-railway areas so these rocks fall off the train and they are very silvery and I am wondering what that rock is - is it slag that has been smelted or is it going to the refinery? We used to collect these rocks as kids - do you know if that is lead slag? If so is it poisonous to the touch?
Very helpful. Along the line here in Niagara peninsula (for legal reasons never "ON" the line), many of these slaggy things, some with flow lines that mimic leaf structures, getting my hopes up for them being fossils. A mile away along the stoney beaches of Lake Ontario an infinity of round rocks with what probably are fossils. If basaltic is what I think, then it's the second time I've heard the word this morning, as yesterday's scrutiny of the moon got my wife reading out what the "seas" of the moon are [though I should note that if the seas were once, well, seas of molten rock, it still doesn't explain why thy don't have the same powder on them as the rest of the moon]. I'm not going to look up igneous, but if I remember my dad (geologist) correctly from half a century ago, that'd be a word for melted rock. Igneous and basaltic, words I'll think about some more (I don't like looking things up if I can help it). Yeah, my big question with the slag was: is this metal or rock? There was a railroad employee on the nearby road and he thought the melting action was from blasting, but it seemed unlikely to me that enough heat would be generated in a single concussion to melt rock. Not that I wasn't sympathetic to the idea, ha ha. On a related note, I never seem to see the good comets anymore, sorry I must mean meteorites, but yesterday, or was it day before, I woke up at 5 a.m. and there was something weird about the moon. Turned out to be near the end of an eclipse (this seems like a tale that's a long way round from slag but stick with me), which I hadn't heard about. But I could tell because there was an asymmetry that turned out to be a mare or sea. Anyhoo, two minutes later I was outside and just as I looked west, getting my bearings on the dog star then moving to the belt of Orion didn't a very bright comet, but now I guess I'll amend that to meteorite, come sailing in west to east? It did. By coincidence, from the same direction as the moon. Hovered three long seconds, too, and had a nice round head (unless that's an illusion) and a long tail. Speaking of long tales...
Dave, you hurried this comment into print, flush with the excitement of the eclipse and meteorite. But the originals in this drama have been gone for years. Geological time, am I right?
What type of boulder's RING like a 🔔 when you strike it with a hammer? I I have a 27.5 lb in stone. That fits in a shoebox. It is No taller than the shoebox. It looks to be melting and vaporized on one side reddish orangish all-around with a black layer underneath and a grayish shiny Crystallized color underneath the black layer nonmetallic non-magnetic doesn't appear to have holes but does have craters?
I use that brown Slag rock as Flint, in my Flint & Steel Bushcraft Kits you can throw a shower of Sparks off it with a Carbon striker . I love that stuff 👍👍
yo tengo 5 piedras magneticas negras marron y se pegan al imanes si alguien esta interesado las vendo a buen precio le puedo mandar fotos este es mi nombre jaime gallegos estoy en face o youtube soy musico guitarrista yvpianista ahivme encuentran este es mi cell 9254814453 anthioc ca.
My slag has crystals in it with the hardness of 8-9 I have pictures if you want to help identify the crystal type. I insist you look cause they are one of a kind
I'm not sure what you mean? I don't know the composition of those two stone meteorites. IThey are unclassified meteorites. I got them from Aerolite, they are very reliable and I have bought from them before: aerolite.org/product/nwa-xxx-05/
how do you know those are iron meteorites? they don't have the fusion crust and have sharp corners. Are they highly weathered or something? btw that piece of basalt with the olivine is incredible.
The iron meteorites were bought from Aereolite Meteorites who are well regarded specialists. The stones were labled NWA or Northwest Africa, probably found atop sand dunes. I get most of my other mineral specimens from Geological Specimen Supply in Olanch, California. R.C. is the practicing geologist there and owner.
Slag is a waste product so any metal existing would be of low grade and mixed in with any other chemicals or minerals used to produce the the original, desired material. Like copper or iron. A miner might call slag a complex ore since a variety of minerals or chemicals are present. As such, refining the ore into something economic becomes a costly proposition since purifying or refining the ore will involve many complicated steps. It would now be a difficult chemical problem.
some slags make really good insulation! its so annoying when it forms on top of the metal if youre using an open flame to smelt, but if u use indirect heating like induction you wont get any. and you can use some on top still as insulation, from another batch or w/e. aluminum is extra toxic slag but still works :p
Защо смятате, че slag не може да е метеорит? Ако в космоса лети парче магма и милиони години изтива...то е вероятно да има желязо, но и силикати, калцити и други химични елементи...
Prijatelju u pravu si potpuno, a isto tako zašto se slučajno nastala vrlo lijepa i vrijedna troska nebi mogla prodavati i priznati od organizacije koja vodi sakupljanje minerala. Ja sam naprimjer našao par prelijepih opsidijana sa inkluzijama cinkita, peridota i možda čak opala, koji su možda vrlo stara troska nastala u periodu Rimskog carstva ili čak iz doba starih Ilira. Ta troska je poput vulkanskog stakla, identična, a još je i ljepša jer sadrži mnogo inkluzija predivnih i vrijednih kristala žute i zelene boje, opalnih karakteristika. Ono što ta troska posjeduje je i njena izuzetno mala količina identičnog sastava, jer taj sastav bio je vezan za neku specifičnu rudu iz obližnjih rudnika, tako da vrijednost takve troske bi bila jako, jako velika !!! No imamo primjer priznate prodaje CINKITA KRISTALA iz željezara iz Češke, tako da se ni ostala troska nebi smjela smatrati nečim bezvrijednim.
I found a material today I wasn't familiar with while helping a friend along an abandoned railroad track. Your video has answered my question, it was slag. Thank you for posting.
I put some slag in a rock tumbler as an experiment and the results were very nice. It didn't shine or polish as well as a jasper would but it did come out smooth with a sheen. It felt good to the touch.
on the railroad tracks by me we find very silvery rocks we call 'galena' but it doesn't look like the galena find in other non-railway areas so these rocks fall off the train and they are very silvery and I am wondering what that rock is - is it slag that has been smelted or is it going to the refinery? We used to collect these rocks as kids - do you know if that is lead slag? If so is it poisonous to the touch?
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Very helpful. Along the line here in Niagara peninsula (for legal reasons never "ON" the line), many of these slaggy things, some with flow lines that mimic leaf structures, getting my hopes up for them being fossils. A mile away along the stoney beaches of Lake Ontario an infinity of round rocks with what probably are fossils. If basaltic is what I think, then it's the second time I've heard the word this morning, as yesterday's scrutiny of the moon got my wife reading out what the "seas" of the moon are [though I should note that if the seas were once, well, seas of molten rock, it still doesn't explain why thy don't have the same powder on them as the rest of the moon]. I'm not going to look up igneous, but if I remember my dad (geologist) correctly from half a century ago, that'd be a word for melted rock. Igneous and basaltic, words I'll think about some more (I don't like looking things up if I can help it). Yeah, my big question with the slag was: is this metal or rock? There was a railroad employee on the nearby road and he thought the melting action was from blasting, but it seemed unlikely to me that enough heat would be generated in a single concussion to melt rock. Not that I wasn't sympathetic to the idea, ha ha. On a related note, I never seem to see the good comets anymore, sorry I must mean meteorites, but yesterday, or was it day before, I woke up at 5 a.m. and there was something weird about the moon. Turned out to be near the end of an eclipse (this seems like a tale that's a long way round from slag but stick with me), which I hadn't heard about. But I could tell because there was an asymmetry that turned out to be a mare or sea. Anyhoo, two minutes later I was outside and just as I looked west, getting my bearings on the dog star then moving to the belt of Orion didn't a very bright comet, but now I guess I'll amend that to meteorite, come sailing in west to east? It did. By coincidence, from the same direction as the moon. Hovered three long seconds, too, and had a nice round head (unless that's an illusion) and a long tail. Speaking of long tales...
Dave, you hurried this comment into print, flush with the excitement of the eclipse and meteorite. But the originals in this drama have been gone for years. Geological time, am I right?
Thank you. You are a great teacher.
Hello Do you help me?
👍 very good meteorite rock
Olá Boa tarde. Eu tenho um meteorito como faço pra te enviar alguns fotos e vídeos???
Hello sir i have a stone how can i sell it
What type of boulder's RING like a 🔔 when you strike it with a hammer?
I I have a 27.5 lb in stone. That fits in a shoebox. It is No taller than the shoebox. It looks to be melting and vaporized on one side reddish orangish all-around with a black layer underneath and a grayish shiny Crystallized color underneath the black layer nonmetallic non-magnetic doesn't appear to have holes but does have craters?
Many Meteorites do infact have Silica, Chromian, Calcium, Basalt, Olivine, Chromian Diopside gems also.
I have meteorites... is there any law terms in selling it?
I also have a meteorite,I was little when it fell,it was given to my father by a friend.
Iv seen plenty of slags in my time.. not ever found one on railway
I have one magnetic stone here in bohol
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I use that brown Slag rock as Flint, in my Flint & Steel Bushcraft Kits you can throw a shower of Sparks off it with a Carbon striker . I love that stuff 👍👍
yo tengo 5 piedras magneticas negras marron y se pegan al imanes si alguien esta interesado las vendo a buen precio le puedo mandar fotos este es mi nombre jaime gallegos estoy en face o youtube soy musico guitarrista yvpianista ahivme encuentran este es mi cell 9254814453 anthioc ca.
My slag has crystals in it with the hardness of 8-9 I have pictures if you want to help identify the crystal type. I insist you look cause they are one of a kind
did you get the minerals tested on the meteorites?
I'm not sure what you mean? I don't know the composition of those two stone meteorites. IThey are unclassified meteorites. I got them from Aerolite, they are very reliable and I have bought from them before: aerolite.org/product/nwa-xxx-05/
how do you know those are iron meteorites? they don't have the fusion crust and have sharp corners. Are they highly weathered or something?
btw that piece of basalt with the olivine is incredible.
The iron meteorites were bought from Aereolite Meteorites who are well regarded specialists. The stones were labled NWA or Northwest Africa, probably found atop sand dunes. I get most of my other mineral specimens from Geological Specimen Supply in Olanch, California. R.C. is the practicing geologist there and owner.
What is slag use for? I mean since the rocks still have metal on it can you able to get the metal out of the rocks? Or no?
Slag is a waste product so any metal existing would be of low grade and mixed in with any other chemicals or minerals used to produce the the original, desired material. Like copper or iron. A miner might call slag a complex ore since a variety of minerals or chemicals are present. As such, refining the ore into something economic becomes a costly proposition since purifying or refining the ore will involve many complicated steps. It would now be a difficult chemical problem.
some slags make really good insulation! its so annoying when it forms on top of the metal if youre using an open flame to smelt, but if u use indirect heating like induction you wont get any. and you can use some on top still as insulation, from another batch or w/e. aluminum is extra toxic slag but still works :p
Защо смятате, че slag не може да е метеорит? Ако в космоса лети парче магма и милиони години изтива...то е вероятно да има желязо, но и силикати, калцити и други химични елементи...
Prijatelju u pravu si potpuno, a isto tako zašto se slučajno nastala vrlo lijepa i vrijedna troska nebi mogla prodavati i priznati od organizacije koja vodi sakupljanje minerala.
Ja sam naprimjer našao par prelijepih opsidijana sa inkluzijama cinkita, peridota i možda čak opala, koji su možda vrlo stara troska nastala u periodu Rimskog carstva ili čak iz doba starih Ilira. Ta troska je poput vulkanskog stakla, identična, a još je i ljepša jer sadrži mnogo inkluzija predivnih i vrijednih kristala žute i zelene boje, opalnih karakteristika. Ono što ta troska posjeduje je i njena izuzetno mala količina identičnog sastava, jer taj sastav bio je vezan za neku specifičnu rudu iz obližnjih rudnika, tako da vrijednost takve troske bi bila jako, jako velika !!! No imamo primjer priznate prodaje CINKITA KRISTALA iz željezara iz Češke, tako da se ni ostala troska nebi smjela smatrati nečim bezvrijednim.
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I think I have meteorite I want to sell it
I have huge this type rock
Good mirning sir , i have a stone meteorites how can i sell it ?
عندي مثلها يلتصق فيها المغناطيس اريد ان ابيع هل يوجد مشتري
هل تباع تلك الاحجار يا صديقي وان كانت تباع لدي بعض منها قديمه جدا
Hi I have stone meteorite...
he who smelt it dealt it
45 kg meteroid forsale
Lava basalt slag many more in my
Benim yanımda bu taşlardan var değerini öğrenmek isterdım
Hi sir
Sir i have a stone that fits the test of a meteorite, i can send you the pictures and video
send me a picture please bro thanyou
You can view my account, i just uploaded it
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I have some small rock's
Saya punya batu meteorit 3,5kg,kalau anda minat cocok harga silahkan hubungi saya
Falou falou quem tem um negócio nós temos Meteorito
I collect on active rail lines. I don't care about laws
I have mix stone iran mitiorit
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