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Matteo --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fellow listees: > > While looking in the woods for Park Forest > Meteorites I found a rusty > somewhat angular chunk of Iron. I know the odds of > it being meteorite are about a > million to one, but I took it home since it was the > only thing I found, and > because its shape was not like any obvious tool. > > I purchased one of those $20 nickel tests on ebay to > play around with. I > tested a coathanger-negative, some filings from a > Gibeon-positive and the rusty > iron, which also tested positive. > > What else can I do to test this thing? I looked at > several of the meteor > wrong sites, but they were in no help in this case, > since we are not talking > about hematite, basalt or other common meteorwrongs. > If this is a meteorite it > would be an iron from a long ago fall, so no fusion > crust. Since it is iron, > the magnetic test would be pointless. > > Can I saw the end off with a hacksaw, grind and > polish it smooth, etch it > with acid for > the widmanstatten pattern? Is this practical for > someone with no special > tools or experience? > > Hoping to learn something. I don't really believe > it is a meteorite, but the > positive nickel test leaves me little choice but to > dig a little deeper. > > Thanks, > Mike Fowler > Chicago > > PS I'm feeling a little foolish posting this, but > surely all you cold > hunters out there have encountered something like > this at least once. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ===== M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
