GUBA-CHICHI STONE

Abstract

This study pre­sents the pre­li­mi­nary analy­sis of an unu­su­al sto­ne spe­ci­men dis­co­ve­red in the vi­ci­nity of Chic­hi vil­la­ge, Qu­ba dist­rict, Azer­bai­jan. The sto­ne drew at­ten­ti­on due to its hig­her bright­ness, hard­ness, and we­ight com­pa­red to or­di­nary rocks. Ini­ti­al che­mi­cal and pha­se analy­ses re­vea­led that it is ma­inly com­po­sed of iron (Fe) and si­li­con (Si) mi­ne­rals. The spe­ci­men’s we­ight (~3.4 kg), vo­lu­me (~508 cm³), and den­sity (~6.65 g/cm³) we­re de­ter­mi­ned. The­se re­sults sug­gest a pos­sib­le cos­mic ori­gin of the sto­ne. Furt­her in­ves­ti­ga­ti­ons are re­qui­red to con­firm whet­her the spe­ci­men is in­de­ed a me­teo­ri­te.

Key­words: me­teo­ri­te, sto­ne, pha­se analy­sis