This object was brought to me by a fellow who claims it is either a moon rock or meteorite. He found it buried about 3 feet deep while witching for gold with two rods. According to him the local Indians saw it fall from the sky a long time ago. I don't know if I believe his story. One thing of which I am quite certain is that it is neither from the moon nor a meteorite.

It is strongly magnetic and appears to be low quality cast iron. Not show in the photo is a scar from an attempt to cut the ball with a cutting torch. The scar is typical of attempts to cut cast iron with a torch. (I was not the fool with a torch, that was done before they brought it to me.) A mold line is clearly visible in the second photo. The object was not found near a mine or I would suspect it was a ball from a ball mill, but another factor against it being a ball for a ball mill is that the mold line is so obvious. All the balls from ball mills that I have seen are worn completely smooth and generally smaller than 4" diameter.

The most interesting thing about the ball is that the surface has some gold colored stains that do not rub off nor do they react to concentrated nitric acid. These stains are iridescent showing red, yellow, blue and green.

Any Ideas?