This isn't even hematite that I can fathom but silicated slag from smelting. There is a lot of high quality magnetite in the region but not much hematite until you get further southwest into Pennsylvania.
When the slag is chipped up from the furnace floor can fractures along fiberous lines if there is a large iron oxide content. You can see fiberous looking lineral fractures like one of these pieces shows. But even botryodial hematie doesn't show bubbles/vesicles. Elton ----- Original Message ---- > From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, November 18, 2010 4:37:39 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay > > This auction just ended, a great price for 72 grams of Weston, (I paid a lot >more than that for mine!), not so great of a price for botryoidal hematite. >But seriously, if you're so dumb you don't know that Weston is an H4 and you >bid on a piece of Weston sold as an iron, I don't really feel that sorry for >you. > > -------------------- > > Phil Whitmer > > > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390261289839&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&autorefresh=true >e > > ______________________________________________ > 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
