As I myself was out hunting meteorites today, I had another thought about your specimen Mike. The nickel content of the free metal might be so high it makes the specimen less attractive to a magnet.
Certainly an enigma which is probably going to need lab work to resolve why it is so atypical. Good Luck in finding an answer Elton --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Mr EMan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mr EMan <[email protected]> > Mike, I am coming in to this midstream--but if you can't > see chondrules BUT can see metal flakes AND it is weakly > attracted to a ND magnet, then this is strongly suggesting > this isn't a meteorite. Some part of the things you've > found don't seem to fit inside the normal wisdom. > > Elton > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
