David/List: I believe the following meteorites can have no, or negligible magnetic pull.RumurutiitesHowarditesEucrites - may have slight pullDiogenitesLunarsAubrites and perhaps Martian, but they may have a slight attraction Sounds very interesting Greg S
---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:41:55 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] non-magnetic meteorites? > > 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 ______________________________________________ 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
