Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature
Are you sure it is a meteorite? It could be a hematite concretion or some other earth mineral. The fact that it is heavier than an ordinary stone but doesn't affect the compass needle sounds like some hematite iron ore. Hematite could develop mica-like structures. Göran gian gallo wrote: Hola Carl. We are not saying it is micait is the arrangement the silvery specks has, that seems to be a mica-like feature. We think that its FC , has weathered away almost completely. It is the only one of the three stones, that can not move our compass needleand we have not sticked yet, a neo magnet to it. Although the three stones are nearly of the same size, this one is the heaviest. In the below picture, the stone is the one at the right side : http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/43907/2096345270100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense -- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:52:08 -0700 From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: gian...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature I would like to see the inside. Are you going to slice it? It is very difficult to see anything that looks like mica in photo. Does it have a fusion crust? If you do see mica it may not be a meteorite. Carl gian gallo wrote: Hola to all. Today we recieved three freebies from Steve Arnold ( Chicago ). Thanks you some much, Steve.and...in one of them, we have found some strange feature on its surface..silvery specks that shines as if it were a mica stone. This feature is only seen if we have the right angle of light to see it. ¿ Has anyone here seen this before. Any help is welcome. The little stone weights 13.1 grams. Below, four picturesof two diferent areas...that shows this strange feature, in direct and reflected light, pictures taken with a stereo - lupe : First area : http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/42871/2739672990100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/42168/2856801200100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Second area : http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/42392/2290974480100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/43667/2053070070100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense _ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ _ Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_5gb_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature
Hola Göran. It was sent to us as a meteorite. Following your advicewe get our neomagnetand put it close to the stone.result : the stone did not stick to itso.your guess point to the right direction. Tonight we will sand a window to see its matrix. Thanks in advance. Hasta la vista, larense Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:54:02 +0100 From: axels...@acc.umu.se To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature Are you sure it is a meteorite? It could be a hematite concretion or some other earth mineral. The fact that it is heavier than an ordinary stone but doesn't affect the compass needle sounds like some hematite iron ore. Hematite could develop mica-like structures. Göran gian gallo wrote: Hola Carl. We are not saying it is micait is the arrangement the silvery specks has, that seems to be a mica-like feature. We think that its FC , has weathered away almost completely. It is the only one of the three stones, that can not move our compass needleand we have not sticked yet, a neo magnet to it. Although the three stones are nearly of the same size, this one is the heaviest. In the below picture, the stone is the one at the right side : http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/43907/2096345270100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense -- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:52:08 -0700 From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: gian...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature I would like to see the inside. Are you going to slice it? It is very difficult to see anything that looks like mica in photo. Does it have a fusion crust? If you do see mica it may not be a meteorite. Carl gian gallo wrote: Hola to all. Today we recieved three freebies from Steve Arnold ( Chicago ). Thanks you some much, Steve.and...in one of them, we have found some strange feature on its surface..silvery specks that shines as if it were a mica stone. This feature is only seen if we have the right angle of light to see it. ¿ Has anyone here seen this before. Any help is welcome. The little stone weights 13.1 grams. Below, four picturesof two diferent areas...that shows this strange feature, in direct and reflected light, pictures taken with a stereo - lupe : First area : http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/42871/2739672990100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/42168/2856801200100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Second area : http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/42392/2290974480100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/43667/2053070070100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense _ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ _ Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_5gb_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature
Hola again, Göran. We did some search...and it is possibly a specular hematite nodule.It surely comes from the Saharan deserts. In the search, could not find a similar rounded nodule of specular hematiteit must be a very old one for its wheathered and eroded nature.BTW.NASA has an old article about hematite and its probably location on Mars surface : http://marsrovers.nasa.gov/spotlight/hematite01.html and..In the below link, there are lots of pictures of all kid of hematite : http://mars.mines.edu/smplist/GeoMHema/smplist.htm Anyway...this little specular hematite stone, will enhance our rock and mineral collection. Hasta la vista, larense -- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:49:18 +0100 From: axels...@acc.umu.se To: gian...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature Been there, done that... In every bulk shipment there are those that are meteowrongs. I've found a couple of them, often when buying kilos of small weathered meteorites. I got one of Steves freebies when I was new in this area and that was also a meteowrong. I guess I got what I paid for. :-D In any case, it is always interesting and fun to find out what you really got. Hälsningar Göran gian gallo wrote: Hola Göran. It was sent to us as a meteorite. Following your advicewe get our neomagnetand put it close to the stone.result : the stone did not stick to itso.your guess point to the right direction. Tonight we will sand a window to see its matrix. Thanks in advance. Hasta la vista, larense Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:54:02 +0100 From: axels...@acc.umu.se To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature Are you sure it is a meteorite? It could be a hematite concretion or some other earth mineral. The fact that it is heavier than an ordinary stone but doesn't affect the compass needle sounds like some hematite iron ore. Hematite could develop mica-like structures. Göran gian gallo wrote: Hola Carl. We are not saying it is micait is the arrangement the silvery specks has, that seems to be a mica-like feature. We think that its FC , has weathered away almost completely. It is the only one of the three stones, that can not move our compass needleand we have not sticked yet, a neo magnet to it. Although the three stones are nearly of the same size, this one is the heaviest. In the below picture, the stone is the one at the right side : http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/43907/2096345270100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense -- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:52:08 -0700 From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: gian...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature I would like to see the inside. Are you going to slice it? It is very difficult to see anything that looks like mica in photo. Does it have a fusion crust? If you do see mica it may not be a meteorite. Carl gian gallo wrote: Hola to all. Today we recieved three freebies from Steve Arnold ( Chicago ). Thanks you some much, Steve.and...in one of them, we have found some strange feature on its surface..silvery specks that shines as if it were a mica stone. This feature is only seen if we have the right angle of light to see it. ¿ Has anyone here seen this before. Any help is welcome. The little stone weights 13.1 grams. Below, four picturesof two diferent areas...that shows this strange feature, in direct and reflected light, pictures taken with a stereo - lupe : First area : http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/42871/2739672990100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/42168/2856801200100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Second area : http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/42392/2290974480100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/43667/2053070070100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense _ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ _ Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid
Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature
I'd ask for my money back!!! lol You've ruled out mica and that is good. If it were mica it is immediate proof that this isn't a meteorite. Google up: specular hematite. See where that takes you. Had it been magnetic and not so shinny, I would have considered this a possible separation along kamacite and taenite lamallae/bands. But it isn't and that loops back to hematite. Since this is a tumbled weathered surface, true clues are obscure. Photos are exceedingly difficult to make an ID by unless the specimen has distinctive features which are unique to that mineral species. Specular hematite is sort'a one of those that is distinctive. Elton __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature
Hola Elton.Thanks for your reply. We took some close up pictures of this specular hematite nodule ( a meteorwrong )...so you can have a better idea of how it looks like : http://inlinethumb10.webshots.com/44105/2089588630100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb55.webshots.com/42422/2229304230100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/16587/2075037230100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/44215/2773818230100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense -- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:14:37 -0700 From: mstrema...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; gian...@hotmail.com I'd ask for my money back!!! lol You've ruled out mica and that is good. If it were mica it is immediate proof that this isn't a meteorite. Google up: specular hematite. See where that takes you. Had it been magnetic and not so shinny, I would have considered this a possible separation along kamacite and taenite lamallae/bands. But it isn't and that loops back to hematite. Since this is a tumbled weathered surface, true clues are obscure. Photos are exceedingly difficult to make an ID by unless the specimen has distinctive features which are unique to that mineral species. Specular hematite is sort'a one of those that is distinctive. Elton _ See how Windows® connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119463819/direct/01/ __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Strange surface feature
Hola to all. Today we recieved three freebies from Steve Arnold ( Chicago ). Thanks you some much, Steve.and...in one of them, we have found some strange feature on its surface..silvery specks that shines as if it were a mica stone. This feature is only seen if we have the right angle of light to see it. ¿ Has anyone here seen this before. Any help is welcome. The little stone weights 13.1 grams. Below, four picturesof two diferent areas...that shows this strange feature, in direct and reflected light, pictures taken with a stereo - lupe : First area : http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/42871/2739672990100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/42168/2856801200100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Second area : http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/42392/2290974480100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/43667/2053070070100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense _ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature
Hola Carl. We are not saying it is micait is the arrangement the silvery specks has, that seems to be a mica-like feature. We think that its FC , has weathered away almost completely. It is the only one of the three stones, that can not move our compass needleand we have not sticked yet, a neo magnet to it. Although the three stones are nearly of the same size, this one is the heaviest. In the below picture, the stone is the one at the right side : http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/43907/2096345270100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense -- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:52:08 -0700 From: cdtuc...@cox.net To: gian...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange surface feature I would like to see the inside. Are you going to slice it? It is very difficult to see anything that looks like mica in photo. Does it have a fusion crust? If you do see mica it may not be a meteorite. Carl gian gallo wrote: Hola to all. Today we recieved three freebies from Steve Arnold ( Chicago ). Thanks you some much, Steve.and...in one of them, we have found some strange feature on its surface..silvery specks that shines as if it were a mica stone. This feature is only seen if we have the right angle of light to see it. ¿ Has anyone here seen this before. Any help is welcome. The little stone weights 13.1 grams. Below, four picturesof two diferent areas...that shows this strange feature, in direct and reflected light, pictures taken with a stereo - lupe : First area : http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/42871/2739672990100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb57.webshots.com/42168/2856801200100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Second area : http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/42392/2290974480100862759S600x600Q85.jpg http://inlinethumb20.webshots.com/43667/2053070070100862759S600x600Q85.jpg Hasta la vista, larense _ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119462413/direct/01/ _ Get 5 GB of storage with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_5gb_112008 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
