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
