I was just browsing through some of the posts on Joes Skyrockcafe website
when I ran across a post from a collector who was unhappy with the Radio
Shack etchant for iron meteorites. He claims to have sanded a Campo down to
#400 but could not get a Widmanstatten pattern, although he did get a
I have also used ferric chloride on a Campo with good results. It is easier and
less hazardous to use than nital.
Dave
--- On Mon, 5/3/10, R N Hartman rhartma...@earthlink.net wrote:
From: R N Hartman rhartma...@earthlink.net
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: etching with radio shack etchant
Aloha Ron,
Since reading the article and you and your son wrote, I have used
nothing but Ferric Chloride to etch my irons. Your directions were
very thorough. A few months ago I etched a Campo that I resurrected
from a rusty graveyard and it produced a gorgeous pattern using FC.
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Matthew Martin
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 11:01 AM
To: R N Hartman
Cc: Meteorite Central; Meteorite1
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: etching with radio shack etchant
Aloha Ron,
Since reading the article and you and your son wrote, I have used
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