Hi All, Regarding the probable (?) meteorite on Mars, I would think there would be some other test(s) that could be performed to confirm the object is a nickel/iron meteorite -- aside from depending on the IR spectrometer. Don't suppose they thought to bring a little hand magnet along. ;-) Actually, assuming it is indeed an iron meteorite, a strong magnet aboard could be hazardous -- might get stuck there!
Since they weren't willing to risk damaging/destroying the rock abrasion tool, did they have any other instruments aboard that could have been used in a clever way (perhaps in combination with each other) to confirm the object is metallic? Electrical conductivity, for instance? --Rob ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
