meteorites?

[Fishy]

There seem to be an abundance of these things on one property. Found two more this past week. Feel and look like iron. All are glossy and rounded. Magnet doesn't stick to them.

[ateague11]

petrified avocado

[Fishy]

petrified avocado

That or a petrified dung beetle or ...

[mrc]

I always called that iron ore, it seems like where you find it there is always a bunch around.

[bullhead44]

Don't think those are meteorites. We have quite a few around here as well. Someone told me what they where once, but I can't remember what I was told. Maybe someone else can

[Dakota7493]

Just did a quick meteor search. Not all of them react to magnets, so it very well could be.

[Mac...]

I always called that iron ore, it seems like where you find it there is always a bunch around.

This

Just some iron deposits

[bullhead44]

I always called that iron ore, it seems like where you find it there is always a bunch around.

iron ore sounds right. new it wouldn't take long for someone to refresh my memory

[Playa]

Wouldn't iron ore react to magnets?

[Robertt]

Is this from Atascosa county? We have a bunch of odd rocks where we hunt.

[Kevin]

Iron concretion.

They aren't meteorites. Meteorites aren't actually round like that and they have a different texture due to the intense heat entering the atmosphere.

[SaltwaterSlick]

A buddy of mine did his doctoral thesis on meteor impact craters and there are several ancient ones in Texas, and south Texas in particular... Likely those are from a meteor impact.. What happens is at impact all sorts of things get thrown into the air, most of it molten because of the heat and impact. The farther you are from the impact site, the smaller and more scattered these thing are. some are round, and some are other odd shapes, even what appears to be multiple pieces "stuck" together... The ranch we hunted in Southern Val Verde county had buckets full of those dark brown "rocks" laying around, and that's what he told me they were. Some looked so uniform, I thought they were "musket balls", only they weren't lead... Look at em carefully and you may be able to see a "flat" spot from where they hit the ground while sitll soft and not fully solidified during flight. They are not meteorites but debris from the impact of a meteorite many years ago.

[quarterback]

They are iron ore nodules/concretions most likely. Cool little rocks.

I do wish for you that they were meteor fragments though.

[systemnt]

you are playing with somethings poop.
wash your hands.

[SwampRanger]

potted meat