Hello 'Mckinney Trammell,' All Right - if I'm not mistaken, the supposed Mojave iron meteorite similar to Albion, from ebay...well... It looks like slag/metal production waste (those bubbles are pretty telling), or maybe the result of some smelting gone-awry. The texture's rather off for meteorites, disregarding even the porosity; it looks highly granular - even more so than a recrystallized meteorite...more like low-quality smelting products. You state that they're brittle, like meteorites...iron meteorites aren't brittle, and the crust that you mention is probably a product of oxidation, whether from the elements or from exposure to extreme heat (which would speed up oxidation of iron in a manner that might fool someone looking for fusion crust). I've gambled on ebay before, and have yet to be disappointed; that's one I chose not to bet on. Anyone else have any thoughts? Regards, Jason
On 10/30/07, mckinney trammell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anybody know what this stuff might be? > --- Darren Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:48:27 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: > > > > >email for pix. this thing fakes out the public like > > >all get out. found in a fl field- WHAT IS IT? no > > >magnetism, brittle, black crust, all metal, > > crystals, etc. > > > > Hosted here: > > > > http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/wrongs/ > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ______________________________________________ > 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
