Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites Expeditions n Magnetic Destruction

[Rafael B. Torres]

Thats kinda a hard view point, cuz it test us between 2 things. Destroying a 
meteorite for science or obtaining more items to our collections. Of course 
I dont want to harm any meteorites for science, even though they are only 
for collection. But one collector never knows when will the meteorites will 
be used for science...and more if its a unique find... is this a matter of 
ethics?...Is there another way for not destroying this record?



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Rafael B. Torres
Space Collection 2001
http://www.geocities.com/rafael_blando




From: rochette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Rafael B. Torres" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites Expeditions
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:15:38 +0100
>Hello, thats a good way of thinking. I want the meteorite cane just for L 
or
>H meteorites stick to the big magnet. But I also will look with the eye 
for
>other types of meteorites. Unfortunately I dont have any individual
>Achondrite, Lunar, martian, etc...I just have slices of them, so I dont 
know
>how they look like in situ, but I have photos. What kind of damage can a
>magnet do to a meteorite?...I thought that it might break it, but what I
>plan is not stick the meteorite directly to the ground, but above it. I 
also
>have smaller magnets for checking the sample in my hands, thus not 
harming
>the meteorite. Is that what you are telling me?
>
Well the arm is not mechanical just that the magnetic memory
(representative of magnetic fields recorded on the parent body) is erased.
So for the usual collector is does nothing, but for scientists studying
this magnetic record, the stone becomes useless.

PS: to be positive some rarities stick to the magnet also: E, Acapulcoites,
Winowaites, Ureilite, majority of carbons, some aubrites...
Pierre



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