Hello Christian and list, By pure chance I saw this iron on location during my summer holidays in Austria (2 weeks ago). I can confirm that it's really hard to distinguish from a real iron meteorite.
Admirable example of a pseudo meteorite! Best regards, Thomas Merz "Christian Anger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hi all again, > > it is iron slag from Austria, displayed at the entrance of the "Ragga Canyon" > in Flattach, > Carinthia, Austria. > > here's a pic with the description of the iron. > > www.austromet.com/trips/xxx3.jpg > > Sign says > > " iron slag > from the melt ovens > of melt-huts (Schmelzhütten)" > > "melt-huts" (Schmelzhütten) is called a very, very small village nearby. > > Yes, another lookalike, but very interesting is the nearly perfect shape. > > It could be easily mixed up with a meteorite. > > The only one recognizing it as a slag was Harald Stehlik. He was NOT aware of > this piece. > > He really recognized it. Great job, Harald ! > > Cheers again, > > Christian > > > I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc > website: www.austromet.com > > Ing. Christian Anger > Korngasse 6 > 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg > AUSTRIA > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
