Hello, Saying that a rock is a meteorite simply because it is attracted to a magnet is wrong. A magnet is only the first of many tests you must do before you can say that a rock is "perhaps" a meteorite. But you will not know for sure until it has been analyzed by a specialized lab.
I recommend you study this site very carefully. http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/meteorwrongs.htm Anne Black IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: 老杨 via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Tue, Aug 14, 2018 11:02 am Subject: [meteorite-list] What's matter with this idea of what meteroite is? Hi all, My idea is any rock that attracts a cheap magenet, which is not a human by-product or an ore that contains magnetite(mostly hematite, limonite, basalt, graphite) is not a terrestrial rock. It's a meterorite. The difference between a meteorite and a magnetic terrestrial rock is the latter attracts iron and nickle too but the former dose not. Is this idea right? I work under this idea, yet, many hunters say the meteroites I collected are not meteroite because they do not look alike a meterorite. And they of course they are not under This Idea. Mostly they say the Same as this many terrestrial rock also attract magnet. Thanks Yan ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
