Glass

If it is glass or glassy, then it is not a meteorite

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If it is brightly colored glass, then it is man made.
These rocks are all obsidian, a volcanic glass that is typically black. Glass, chert, and some fine-grained crystalline rocks fracture conchoidally, too. If there are conchoidal fractures, then it is not a meteorite.
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