Meteorite in tree?

[SpudLink]

oakdale said:

It's just an example of edaphoecotropism, could be anything really. It looks quite a small lump, what size is it?

That's a word I've never come across.

Doesn't make it any less (or more) likely to be a meteorite. Hopefully the science Museum will respond to confirm whether it is.

[oakdale]

SpudLink said:

oakdale said:

It's just an example of edaphoecotropism, could be anything really. It looks quite a small lump, what size is it?

That's a word I've never come across.

Doesn't make it any less (or more) likely to be a meteorite. Hopefully the science Museum will respond to confirm whether it is.

No, it doesn't mean it's not a meteorite but I doubt it, looking at the grain the tree has grow around it rather than having been penetrated by it, it may be just some metal that's reacted with the sap.

[SpudLink]

oakdale said:

No, it doesn't mean it's not a meteorite but I doubt it, looking at the grain the tree has grow around it rather than having been penetrated by it, it may be just some metal that's reacted with the sap.

I don't think the tree would have survived being pernitrated by a meteorite that size (if that's what it is). It certainly looks like a rock that's been picked up by the tree as it grew.
The intriguing mystery is, what is the nature of that rock.

[Caddyshack]

oakdale said:

It's just an example of edaphoecotropism, could be anything really. It looks quite a small lump, what size is it?

“It’s just” sounds belittling, it is an exciting example I would say. Certainly very interesting and would love to find out more.

[oakdale]

SpudLink said:

I don't think the tree would have survived being pernitrated by a meteorite that size (if that's what it is). It certainly looks like a rock that's been picked up by the tree as it grew.
The intriguing mystery is, what is the nature of that rock.

If you look at the pictures of the tree stump with the lump lying on it you'll realise it is quite small, metals corrode badly when in contact with oak tannins.

[oakdale]

My guess would be that it's a finial of some old iron railings or fence.

[DodgyGeezer]

SpudLink said:

I don't think the tree would have survived being pernitrated by a meteorite that size (if that's what it is). It certainly looks like a rock that's been picked up by the tree as it grew.
The intriguing mystery is, what is the nature of that rock.

depends - could a meteor have hit the ground first and bounced with enough force to partially embed itself? My first (probably foolish!) thought was a musket ball

[Upinflames]

oakdale said:

It's just an example of edaphoecotropism, could be anything really. It looks quite a small lump, what size is it?

It's as big as a Maris Piper

[Eric Mc]

Fossilised spud?

[Bill]

DodgyGeezer said:

depends - could a meteor have hit the ground first and bounced with enough force to partially embed itself? My first (probably foolish!) thought was a musket ball

I wondered that, but wouldn't a musket ball be lead and non-magnetic?

[normalbloke]

Upinflames said:

oakdale said:

It's just an example of edaphoecotropism, could be anything really. It looks quite a small lump, what size is it?

It's as big as a Maris Piper

A big one or a small one?

[DodgyGeezer]

Bill said:

DodgyGeezer said:

depends - could a meteor have hit the ground first and bounced with enough force to partially embed itself? My first (probably foolish!) thought was a musket ball

I wondered that, but wouldn't a musket ball be lead and non-magnetic?

Like I said - foolish Thanks for pointing out the obvious that I'd not really thought of!!

[Caddyshack]

DodgyGeezer said:

Bill said:

DodgyGeezer said:

depends - could a meteor have hit the ground first and bounced with enough force to partially embed itself? My first (probably foolish!) thought was a musket ball

I wondered that, but wouldn't a musket ball be lead and non-magnetic?

Like I said - foolish Thanks for pointing out the obvious that I'd not really thought of!!

Very early musket balls were a lead / tin alloy.

[Dr Jekyll]

Caddyshack said:

Very early musket balls were a lead / tin alloy.

This is turning into one of the most educational threads in PH history.

[Bill]

DodgyGeezer said:

Like I said - foolish Thanks for pointing out the obvious that I'd not really thought of!!

Always HTH!

[Upinflames]

normalbloke said:

A big one or a small one?

The rock at its longest measurement is about 60mm

[indigochim]

It looks cool whatever it is.

[Ash_]

Could it be a small Cannonball? (I do actually hope it is a meteorite though).

[Doofus]

Ash_ said:

Could it be a small Cannonball? (I do actually hope it is a meteorite though).

I wondered if it was a cannonball.

And now I've ruined the apposite bookending of this thread with the OP's username and yours.

[Upinflames]

Doofus said:

Ash_ said:

Could it be a small Cannonball? (I do actually hope it is a meteorite though).

I wondered if it was a cannonball.

And now I've ruined the apposite bookending of this thread with the OP's username and yours.

I wondered about it being a cannonball too. There was a bit of activity around here in the civil war but that was 200 years or so before the tree existed. I don't think there was anything cannon related in mid Cheshire in the early 1800s