Hi guys,
I've been through all the excitement of thinking I've found a meteorite, then done some research online and realised that only about 20 meteorites have ever been found in the UK and so now I'm out the other side accepting the fact that it's probably just another rock.
However, I can't leave it at that as this rock does seem particularly strange, and this seems to be a good place to find people who know what they're talking about. I've checked through all the photos at http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrong ... wrongs.htm and it doesn't match up with anything there.
Underneath the surface It's covered in crystalline patterns of a silvery metal which I thought could be the Widmanstatten pattern but now I'm fairly certain it isn't. I guess it could be a crystallised metal formed on earth, but I've no idea what.
Either way, as I know you'll have seen a vast quantity of false alarm rocks, I was hoping that someone out there could let me know what it might be (if it really is a meteorite that would most certainly be awesome).
Many thanks
Tom