> Bohler-Uddenholm sales manager Warren Spencer said > it would take about a week to carry out the job.
Mr. Spencer may be in for some surprises, especially because: "It's the first time we've ever had to cut a meteorite, but basically it's a solid lump of iron with a few holes in it." When the 6.1-ton Mundrabilla II was cut at the MPI Heidelberg more than 30 years ago, it took 188 (!) hours to cut the first slice from the 6.1-ton mass. They used a 4-mm thick steel wire saw (covered with carborundum powder which is about as hard as diamond). There will be new and better techniques nowadays but "basically it's [not just] a solid lump of iron with a few holes in it!" Bernd ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
