What I am trying to say is that you can not be sure if a rock is or is not a meteorite simply because a magnet will not stick to it! Not to forget that a rare earth magnet has a stronger pull then a simple magnet. I am not talking about having it checked out as to content. I am talking about finding one with a magnet. I use a metal detecter, and sight when hunting. Then cut them open to look for nickel. But the magnet test now seems up in the air as far as a quick ID. I wonder how many rocks I just passed over simply because the magnet did not stick!
----- Original Message ---- > From: Ken Newton <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 8:55:43 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Non magnetic meteorites > > >Perhaps many meteorwrongs actually were meteorites! I seem to > encounter misguided individuals who tenuously believe such dribble on regular > basis. Russell T Wing is the exemplar of meteorwrong 'wingnuts' just as > Harvey Nininger is to meteorite enthusiasts. Here is an example from Wing's > book:"This entire experience seemed incredible and unbelievable. How could a > small collection of stones - not over 100 - and over half of them picked > up out of my rock garden in 1969, produce 25 earth-type quartz > meteorites when never before had a quartz meteorite been known! ... But > in this investigation, the unthinkable thing seems to be the common thing. > And again, after thinking things over, my unbelievable collection > of quartz meteorites needed to balance it off; they simply could not > be alone. There must also be many other kinds of meteorites here if > my quartz ones were authentic." And Wing goes on to 'discover' > 'authentic' meteoritic petrified wood and meteoritic fossils, etc. The > wingstars were everywhere! All you have to do is look! > Yikes! Can anyone explain this dogged type thinking? That the owner's > rock HAS TO BE a meteorite despite the fact that every expert contacted > has told them differently. I just don't understand the thinking but I > want to. kn On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:12 PM, James Balister > <> href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> wrote: > > On the meteorite men Jeff and Steve showed a meteorite that was non magnetic > and > seemed to have no iron at all. Anyone know if it had nickel in it? How did > they determin it was a meteorite? Has anyone ever heard of wingstars? Could > that stone be a wingstar? Wingstars have always interested me because they > are > oriented and look just like a meteorite but lack ni/fe. Perhaps many > meteorwrongs actually were meteorites! > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > ymailto="mailto:[email protected]"; > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit > the Archives at > > href="http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html"; > target=_blank > >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list > mailing list > href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected] > href="http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list"; target=_blank > >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
