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From: "Jeff Pringle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List - Speaking from experience in backyard steel foundry work, the etched slices clearly indicate to me that the shirokovski was made in a direct attempt to defraud meteorite collectors - it does not appear to be a serendipitous furnace lining pallasite look-alike. Next time I fire up the blast furnace, I'll check into it and give you all a report, as to whether my theory is correct or not. Wustite and fayalite are common iron/steel slag components, as is CaO. Off hand, the hard part would probably be keeping bubbles out of the melt upon introduction of the silicates - it possibly required a vacuum furnace, or at least careful timing (accidental?) of the introduction of the olivine and solid metal into the melt. Jeff ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
