Hi Melanie and List, That NWA 5234 is a pretty meteorite. I bet Adam thought he had a lunar with that one. I would wager that it is also metal-poor, like a lunar. That probably explains the lack of apparent oxidation. :)
Best regards, MikeG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- On 3/31/11, Melanie Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi list, > Which meteorites would you say are known to be the least susceptible moister > and > oxidation? I have two slices of NWA 5234 melted eucrite (one of the > prettiest of > meteorites imo) and the material seems very stable - i've had them for over > a > year, handled them quite a bit and they show no signs of rusting.. *knocks > on > wood* > > > So I wager it'd be some of the achondrites that have the least amounts of > iron > and other components reactive to oxygen... which meteorites are they > (name/designation and class)? > > > ----------- > -Melanie > IMCA: 2975 > eBay: metmel2775 > Known on SkyRock Cafe as SpaceCollector09 > > I eat, sleep and breath meteorites 24/7. > > ______________________________________________ > 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
