...and when you hit a piece with a hammer it will shatter where an actual
nickel-iron meteorite will bounce and laugh at you! The "meteorite oxide,
fondly referred to as "oxidite" was at one time a true meteorite but the
iron has oxidized and become "terrestrialized", i.e. some of the original
atoms are present, but many have changed due to oxidation.
----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd.pa...@paulinet.de>
To: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:03 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] "Canyon Diablo + Some Oxide Ones (Was:
HelloEveryone)
Hello Jesse and List,
Jesse wrote:
"Canyon Diablo + some Oxide ones. Still can't
seem to figure what oxide means tho? total is 20.8g"
What you are talking about is probably magnetic iron shale, which used to
be found
(and collected) in huge quantities around the crater. They are usually
shapeless, rather
flat or highly angular pieces of oxidized iron and display desert varnish
on one or both
sides.
Best wishes and
welcome aboard,
Bernd
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