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Why this rock is probably not a meteorite:

Meteorites never have such a tabular or rectangular shape like this. There are no regmaglypts.

What is it?

Probably a block of some sedimentary rock like limestone.

See also: Some Meteorite Realities

Prepared by:

Randy L. Korotev

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Washington University in St. Louis

Please don't contact me about the meteorite you think you’ve found until you read this and this.

e-mail: korotev@wustl.edu