Hi All, It's commonly understood that all meteorites are magnetic to varying degrees, or so I've read. I'm wondering if there are any exceptions to that iron clad rule of thumb?
I've a non-magnetic mineral specimen with a black crust and what appear to be some sort of orientation striations. The specific gravity of this specimen is lower than the range of values usually associated with most meteorites. Prolly a meteorwrong, I realize, but causes me to pause and wonder if it's within the realm of remote possibility that there are such animals as non-magnetic meteorites? Thanks for your indulgence in helping diminish a wealth of personal ignorance in the somewhat occasional arcane field of meteorite identification. All good regards, David Gunning ______________________________________________ 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
