May 5, 2002 Greetings Ron and Fellow Meteorite Enthusiasts!
I do not know of any meteorite that attracts other metallic objects naturally, but I do think it is possible to artificially produce this effect and thus change one into a magnet. Nevertheless, when I was studying my first suspected meteorite (which was said to be some form of sphalerite) it also bore a weak magnetic attraction for iron objects. Perhaps your suspicious rock is something similar or in fact may be a chunk of magnetite (also known as lode stone) which is rather commonly found with this property. Hematite, by the way, is not usually magnetic to begin with. Long strewn fields! Mark Fox Newaygo, MI USA --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello I would like some information please, I found > a strange heavy rock this > weekend at a yard sale. I bought it because it was > rather nice and I thought > it might be raw hematite. However later I thought > it might be a meteorite > but although it does attract a magnet and passes > every test (except chemical > analysis) I could find on the web, it also exhibits > a very weak magnetic > field. I have never heard of this associated with a > meteorite. Any ideas of > what it might be? > > Thanks, > Ron > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
