Hi Elton, Pa(u)l and List, Elton wrote: "Native iron in stoney achondrites is exceedingly rare, only incidental, and certainly not in eucrites or diogenites."
I certainly agree that native iron in achondrites is (relatively) rare but I wouldn't say it is "exceedingly" rare. Well, most of you will remember the pics in METEORITE (November 2007, pp. 20-21: Eucrites from Around the World). On page 21, you can see a b&w picture of my NWA 4019 eucrite (23.5 gr) that I purchased from Chladni's Heirs and I am still glad I *did* buy it even though it was a bit pricey because it features a huge, unusual triple (!) metal- troilite aggregate measuring ca. 10 mm. Pa(u)l, I don't know if you have that copy of METEORITE and so I'll send you that pic in a private mail (List policies forbid pics). I've never seen such a "huge" amount of metal in a eucrite, but ... > neither metal detector nor magnet would be suitable ... But, I do agree with Elton that this "huge" amount of metal (relatively speaking) is far away from producing a signal in a metal detector that would be "detectable". Best from someone who has no personal experience with metal detectors ... not yet ... Bernd ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
