I found a meteorite while metal detecting in Oregon.  I took it to a geologist lady who went to school for this sort of thing,  She verified it was a meteorite as did another collector of meteorites. The lady said this kind is worth at least 6 dollars a gram whole and more if it got sliced up.   It is about an inch and a half tall and weighs 660 grams.   It isnt magnetic even to a hard drive magnet.  It is metallic on the inside and has a burnt black outside.  How do I get some certifiable id on this and how do I sell or trade it when I get its certification.  My final hope is to sell it or trade it for a minelab Etrac detector.  Thanks for your time and help,  CODY

How do I get it certified was the big part of my post,  I guess I was rambling.  Where do I get it tested and how is that done,  I didnt want to post pics of it so the focus would be on the question of where to get it certified or tested.  I posted pics of it before on another forum and the whole focus of the comments were about what everyone thought it was and acting like I was an idiot.  Some proffesional said it was aluminum from the poor pic I posted.  It is just bigger than an egg and it is a pound and a half.  I will get some on here soon.  CODY

Listen to James on this one. A picture can only say so much, considering some rarer types can be photographed next to a regular old driveway  stone, and look identical. For our intents and purposes we need to see a few good focus photos to give you a rough estimated of what it COULD be. I'm still new to this myself, and I've probably looked at 90% of the photographed meteorites ever found and I still post pictures on the ID forum fairly regularly. There are labs out there as James pointed out who will do preliminary testing, but if you're fairly certain that what you have is a meteorite only send them a small slice, and polish the area where you took the slice and post pictures for us to see.

Good point al. Also, if you have a macro setting (Looks like the flower from the old Mario Bros. Nintendo games) it works very well for photographing stones with amazing detail. My camera is cheap and I get good photos with the macro setting.