In a message dated 3/24/2003 8:51:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Unfortunately the normal way to measure density( specific gravity) is to weight the stone UNDER WATER. This is compared to the weight in air. This give the displacement with water having a density of 1gm/cc. >> Actually Father Guy Consolmagno with the Vatican Obvservatory Research group has done density tests on quite a number of meteorites. However instead of a liquid for the volume measurement he uses very small glass beads. Eric Olson http://www.star-bits.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
