northcottsurfer's blog

In May 2008 I was walking along the high tide pebble line at our local beach here in Bude, Cornwall, UK and stumbled across an unusual bolder/pebble that is completely out of character to any other stone on the entire beach. It weighs approximately 10 KG and due to being washed around by the sea it has a polished look and feel to it. It appears to have been molton at some stage and there are patches that appear to be iron oxide/corrosion in some of the holes that are on the surface. I am not sure whether it's iron yet as I only have a very weak magnet available here at the moment. But my feeling is that it has some iron content. It feels metalic. There is also a pattern running through it that look like lines/grain and in some of the surface holes you can see a kind of crystaline structure.
My first reaction was that it looked like a meteorite. I am completely new to the subject of meteorites and would really appreciate any feedback that can be passed my way.
Where would I take it to be tested? etc.
I live in Cornwall, England.
Many thanks
Rob