Thanks Bob, A good warning. There has also been arsenopyrite sold on eBay as meteorites - please do not be cutting, touching and breathing in poison.
My web site 'meteorite-identification.com' is temporarily down while the servers are being moved to a different physical location. This was supposed to take a week but I'm beginning to wonder.... Best, Ken On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 2:01 AM, Robert Verish <[email protected]> wrote: > "And now for something completely different!" > > MikeG makes a good point about exercising "caution". > This was discussed here a long time ago: > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04531.html> > > and longstanding listoid Ken Newton has a webpage for reference: > > <http://meteorite-identification.com/Hot%20Rocks/ferromanganese.html> > > and most recently I've updated my articles on this subject, all in an effort > to determine the composition of these man-made materials (essentially "iron > silicide") and whether there are any dangerous contaminants in these > "ferro-manganese" meteor-wrongs: > > <http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2009/jul09.htm> > and here: > <http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2007/jul07.htm> > > now back to more news on the hunt in Wisconsin... > Bob V. > > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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
