Re: [meteorite-list] Nickel testing

2003-09-23 Thread Howard Wu
I forgot to add that some old Canadian nickles are100% ("meteoritic") nickle that can be picked up with a magnet. Cool! Howard"Matson, Robert" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tom and List, Hello All, Nickels do not contain Nickel any more. They stopped that many a year ago..Today's nickels are still

[meteorite-list] Nickel testing

2003-09-22 Thread Matson, Robert
Hi Tom and List, Hello All, Nickels do not contain Nickel any more. They stopped that many a year ago.. Today's nickels are still 25% nickel (75% copper), so they should still easily trigger a (working) nickel test. --R __ Meteorite-list mailing

Re: [meteorite-list] Nickel testing

2003-09-22 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Well I stand corrected, thanks, I was misinformed. : ) Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier The proudest member of the IMCA 6168 - Original Message - From: Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 9:13 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Nickel testing Hi