We need another sign: Just Say NO to “ The Rods From God”.
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Long time referred to as “looming”, now we need signs out that say “delivery
imminent”.
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There’s some really good articles as usual in the March issue of
MeteoriteTimes. Thank you Paul and all the other great contributors.
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Their site shows a mailing address also:
miga Research and Development, Inc.
Michael Gallant, Technical Director
373 Old Lakeshore Road
Gilford, NH 03249
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Thanks Anne for sharing that article on the arrowhead. Lots of testing. I
probably would have just tried to magnetize it. : )
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Hi Dirk,
Glad to see you are still posting on the Met-List. Is there someone out there
that you trust to tell whether on not a suspect Indochinite is actually such
our not?
All the Best,
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Probably an L4, paired with one of the Aguemours : ).
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I might have been somewhat close with my guess of EH. : ). Mike
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Good one. Nicely done too I might add.
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I spent quite a while yesterday cleaning that kind of crap out of my YouTube.
At first, I was going wow, so many more lunars and martian stones out there
but, I think most of them are just plain old rocks. I hate scammers.
It has been since around 2015 that I was last on the Met-List. Glad
Hello List,
Now that Montrose, Colorado is no longer the Meteorite Capitol of the
World or whatever, I have something I would like to do. I have a 733
gram whole individual Canyon Diablo iron that I want to display in the
same display case at the Montrose Regional Library where some other
Nice piece. Looks a little like a volcanic bomb.
On Oct 5, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Ruben Garcia wrote:
Hi,
It feels like this specimen has a large iron nodule inside because of
the weight and solid nature of this piece. I see lots of pyroxene on
the exterior but the center is highly attracted to a
Looks to be chiseled.
Mike
On Sep 27, 2012, at 10:23 AM, William Feek wrote:
Hi All,
I have an artifact which I'd like to find out if whether or not it's
made from a meteorite.
It has the same characteristics as the mesosiderites in my
collection, those being NWA 2932 and Toufassour.
A
Is it possible they could be a result of the giant impact? Ripples
maybe?
On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Ron Baalke wrote:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-304
Giant Asteroid's Troughs Suggest Stunted Planet
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
September 26, 2012
Enormous troughs
: Michael Murray mikebevmur...@gmail.com
To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 6:39 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Darren Garrison
List,
Anyone know what happened that we don't see posts to the List from
Darren Garrison any more
List,
Anyone know what happened that we don't see posts to the List from
Darren Garrison any more?
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Wow, that's nice.
Mike in CO
On Oct 25, 2011, at 5:00 AM, valpar...@aol.com valpar...@aol.com
wrote:
Buzzard Coulee
http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp
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Besides that being a knockout stone, nice photography too. I love it
when I can zoom in about 4 or 5 times and see such tiny details as I
can with that picture. Pretty nice!
Mike in CO
On Oct 15, 2011, at 5:00 AM, valpar...@aol.com valpar...@aol.com
wrote:
Tieschitz
Ron and List,
Thanks as always Ron for posting these articles. I look at the
pictures of the mountain/central complex on the south polar region of
Vesta and can't help but wonder, could that mountain actually be a
rebound peak?
Mike in CO
On Oct 12, 2011, at 1:26 PM, Ron Baalke wrote:
The Albin link took me to the MetSoc page. I'm running a Mac with
Safari.
Nicely done.
Mike
On Oct 1, 2011, at 9:24 AM, valpar...@aol.com valpar...@aol.com
wrote:
Here it is.
www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp
This will be the link every day, but I will continue to post it.
Cheers.
List,
I was reading a short article on the UARS where it was mentioned there
could be sharp edges on the debris. Some kind of a safety warning I
guess. Really? Sharp edges, even after ablation?
Mike in CO
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The video they have up is fantastic.
Mike in CO
On Sep 16, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Ron Baalke wrote:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-293
NASA's Dawn Collects a Bounty of Beauty from Vesta
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
September 16, 2011
PASADENA, Calif. - A new video from NASA's
http://news.discovery.com/space/astronaut-photographs-perseid-meteor-from-space-110814.html
On Aug 15, 2011, at 5:16 AM, Jeff Kuyken wrote:
Very cool! A meteor pic from space taken from the ISS.
http://news.discovery.com/space/astronaut-photographs-perseid-meteor-from-sp
ace-110814.html
List,
Went out about 9 last night to watch the Perseids. Got to see some
fantastic orange colored very fast meteors go over. We only had a few
clouds but nothing to obscure viewing. Then came the moon. Once it
was almost south of us, that was it for the shower. I was all stoked
to go
Those look great! All we have seen in the store up here in SW CO this
year is the little, almost round, supposedly seedless (not) kind.
Not even very good tasting and about $6.
You know, if you put those babies up on ebay as lunar melons... Well,
they couldn't do any worse than the
Carl, List,
I make no guarantees that this information is correct but, as I
understand it, the public might have to wait until sometime around
the middle of September of 2012 for the data they are collecting now
from orbit. And, I understand only a few of the pictures taken will
be
Mike and Mike, Thanks for sharing those pictures.
What's the saying... Can't get no better than that! The split of
the stone was perfect. What a view of a fantastic chondrule!
Mike in CO
On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:30 AM, Rocks from Space wrote:
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/July_12_2011.html
I would bet the excitement is really starting to build for the people
working on this mission. Shouldn't be long now until they can figure
out what Vesta is made up of. Congratulations to everyone involved.
Mike in CO
On Jul 7, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Ron Baalke wrote:
I like the 26 miles per second bit! I bet he would have appreciated
it too if it had been the real deal.
On Jun 18, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Paul H. wrote:
Rare heart-shaped meteorite turns up in man's backyard
by Mike Peters, Greeley Tribune, June 12, 2011
I wonder why they used the words CROWN SECTION to advertise this
piece. Looks to have been cut off from the bell edge. I haven't seen
the bell edge of the trailing side of the meteorite referred to as a
crown section.
Mike in CO
On Jun 12, 2011, at 3:48 AM, Shawn Alan wrote:
Davio and
Blaine is great. He is plenty knowledgeable when it comes to
meteorites and seems willing to share that info. I have had the
pleasure of meeting Blaine but so far have not had an opportunity to
meed Blake. Hope to some day though. I would imagine they work
together and share the
I have a small suspect stone that will roll right off of a NDIB
supermagnet if you set it on it and tilt the magnet a little, but I
picked it up with my magnet cane. (??) I have two 2x2x1/4 NDIB
supermagnets side by side on the head of the cane. When I found the
little stone that day it
Doesn't one piece of the Cape York irons, Ahnighito maybe, have a
place on it where the crystal structure can be seen on the outside?
Mike in CO
On May 9, 2011, at 10:53 PM, Jay Snyder wrote:
Hello list,
I am curious if anyone has ever observed an iron meteorite with a
widmanstatten pattern
2892 possibly?
On Apr 16, 2011, at 10:06 AM, steve arnold wrote:
Hi and good day list.I know it has been a while,but does anyone
remember the nwa
number of the chondrule conglomerate that rob elliott let us know
about sometime
ago?Thanks and have a great day.
Steve R.Arnold, Chicago!
I posted this once before but since you are working on these
pronunciations now...A friend of ours came from Willamette, OR. She
says Willamette is pronounced Wil lam it, with emphasis on the second
syllable.
Mike
On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:54 AM, valpar...@aol.com valpar...@aol.com
wrote:
Very nice Michael!
Lots of fine detail to see in those pictures.
That's a nice stone and thanks for sharing the pictures.
Mike in CO
On Mar 25, 2011, at 2:49 AM, Michael Johnson wrote:
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_25_2011.html
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To all you folks with the beautiful Bruderheim specimens...I'm
jealous. What fantastic pieces they are! Congrats to anyone having a
piece of that fall in their collection.
Mike in CO
On Mar 20, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Dark Matter wrote:
And while we're at this Bruderheim love fest, please
If you don't mind my offering a possible answer to this part: what
determines the structure from fine to course.I would say it is the
width of the kamacite bands.
Someone will probably correct me on that though.
Mike in CO
On Dec 15, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Arlene Schlazer wrote:
Thank you
I misread your question. Sorry, it is the nickel and cooling rate
On Dec 15, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Arlene Schlazer wrote:
Thank you Dr. Rubin for that explanation. As a collector of mostly
iron meteorites, I've always been fascinated with the various types
of etch patterns. My question is,
Hi Ron, List
Thanks for continuing to post these links. I wanted to ask if you
know if there was anything in the way of good news on the fate of the
Akatsuki spacecraft?
Mike in CO
On Dec 9, 2010, at 11:49 AM, Ron Baalke wrote:
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES
December 8, 2010
We need an all-sky camera in my neck of the woods... I just saw
another (small) fireball. It was orange/red. I first saw it a little
to the west of Montrose at about 45 to 50 degrees above the horizon
and it appeared to be on a path almost due north. It traveled until I
would say it was
Some lucky meteorite enthusiast just got a very nice treasure there.
What a nice specimen.
Mike in CO
On Oct 31, 2010, at 7:08 AM, Felipe Guajardo wrote:
Happy Sunday everyone, I have a beautiful 435g Sikhote-Alin ending
this evening. Go have a look. Bid with confidence.
I email Cloudbait Observatory about this. We were driving home last
night when we saw a green fireball going west from here (southwest
Colorado). Looked like it was headed out over Utah, maybe farther.
Anyone else see it? Time was about 10:10 PM.
Mike in CO
Hi Chris, List
I for one, certainly appreciate your opinions. I have a great deal of
respect for your knowledge and abilities. I'm glad you're willing to
share the things you do with the List. I would miss it if you
didn't. If I haven't thanked you before for the things you share, I
I'm somewhat surprised that the Met-List doesn't have at least one or
two other folks on it that work or have worked in one of the utility
businesses dealing with underground utilities or for that matter
someone in the landscaping business. If they are on the List, they
are sure being
List,
If someone out there with a baseball size or larger iron wouldn't mind
performing a little test with it I would appreciate hearing back from
them on how it turned out. To test what I had in mind you will need
to make a couple metal divining rods out of coat hangers or something
Maybe not the best method of locating but they do cross over some
things. Water lines, phone lines, power lines, etc. I know they will
cross over iron. Just curious if they will over meteoric iron also.
On Oct 13, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Darren Garrison wrote:
On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:14:52
I respect everyone's opinion on this. I expected there would b quite
a few that think the method is BS.
I really wasn't looking into this as a way of hunting meteorites.
Actually was wanting to know whether or not it works over meteoric
iron as another possible method of culling man-made
Hi List,
Hope you don't all throw me on the crazies pile after you read this
but here goes...
It was August 17 at approximately 7:15 PM. My wife Beverly and I were
working on freezing some corn late in the afternoon. Earlier, I had
picked about 4 dozen ears out of the garden. I had
Hi List,
Thought I would share a couple pictures of a recent questionable find.
I know, it looks like a piece of shrapnel. And it might just be.
I found it 6 down using my Gold Bug II. I was detecting an area
within a 40 acre parcel up in the pinions. It intrigued me so I put
it in my
Hi David, other interested list members,
The Lone Ranger could have been up there on that mountainside in those
woods, I don't know. If he had been, he would have probably had iron
on his hip, which sometimes while up in the thick timber by myself, I
wished I'd had on me. Pepper spray
Hi Bill, List
I don't know if you are all that interested in seeing one of my
examples with what looks like the matrix coating the outside but I
thought I would post a picture of the one little piece showing the
spherule I mentioned that is exposed in one of the little pits. I
know this
Sorry, here is the link: http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/spherule.jpg
On Sep 23, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Michael Murray wrote:
Hi Bill, List
I don't know if you are all that interested in seeing one of my
examples with what looks like the matrix coating the outside but I
By chance, does it also have some fairly good sized holes or pits on
the outside of the stone? In the grey stuff that is on the outside is
there a sprinkling of small bits of dark brown material in it?
Mike
On Sep 21, 2010, at 9:32 PM, bill kies wrote:
The grey fusion crust thread
about.
Thanks everyone for the help on the grey crust question.
Mike in CO
Here's the link:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/greystone.jpg
On Sep 20, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Michael Murray wrote:
Hi List,
A question for anyone that wouldn't mind helping me on this...Are
there any
Hi List,
A question for anyone that wouldn't mind helping me on this...Are
there any known grey crusted stony meteorites? I'm talking the grey
color of lead almost. And yes, it is a stone, not metal.
Mike in CI
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Maybe a better description of the grey color of the stony I was asking
about would be to say it's the color of ashes.
Sorry for the extra post on this.
Mike in CO
On Sep 20, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Michael Murray wrote:
Hi List,
A question for anyone that wouldn't mind helping me
Impressive slice! Very nice to see the display. Thanks for sharing
the picture.
Mike in CO
On Sep 18, 2010, at 5:48 AM, Michael Johnson wrote:
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/September_18_2010.html
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Now that is an impressive group of meteorites! Well done.
Mike in CO
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Just saw this. Hope it hasn't already been shared with the list. If
so, sorry for the duplicate effort.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/66068
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I'm not a buyer but want to ask a question if I may...Is this stone an
EL? Almost looks like it has a quartz-white inclusion.
Mike in CO
On Aug 19, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Ahmad bouragaa wrote:
Dear List Members
I have a pleasure to offer Tamdakht Main Mass for sale. Specimen
weight 32700, and it
No need to reply, I figured it out. Sorry for the post.
Mike
On Aug 19, 2010, at 12:38 PM, Michael Murray wrote:
I'm not a buyer but want to ask a question if I may...Is this stone
an EL? Almost looks like it has a quartz-white inclusion.
Mike in CO
On Aug 19, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Ahmad
Don't pay much attention to my guess but I say H5. Few chondrules,
evenly spread concentration of metal flakes. If I read the chart
provided in the Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites correctly, bulk
density for H5 should be about 3.4. You could check that.
I have a question for you
This is probably the 'dumb question of the year' but, is there any
magnetic susceptability detectable on NWA 5000 or, for that matter any
of your planetary pieces? See, told you it was going to be a dumb
question.
Mike in CO
On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Adam Hupe wrote:
Thank you,
If you happen to be in southwest Colorado sometime, I could direct you
to a place to watch the skies from at Ridgway State Park that is a
great spot for viewing. No lights. Many of the local stargazers
group go there to set up their equipment for viewing. Best place I
know of in this
Wow! That is a pretty cool stone. Prices look very reasonable. I'm
not a buyer but I just want to say that I appreciate the fact that you
took pictures of the whole stone before cutting and shared those
pictures on your ad. Nice!
Mike in CO
On Aug 15, 2010, at 1:43 PM, Fabien Kuntz
We had clear skies here in southwest CO. I was out watching starting
at about 9 PM. Saw an eyepopper of a meteor at about 9:15. Long
tail, orange tint to it. I'm certainly no expert on meteors but sure
looked to me like this one made it into dark flight. I've seen a
daytime fireball
Hi List,
I want to be sure that I'm fully understanding the correct method to
perform bulk density tests. I'm attempting to follow the steps in the
Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites. If someone would check me on
this I would greatly appreciate it.
Here is what I have been
I'm going to give this fellow the benefit of the doubt until I see
some more on this.
Mike in CO
On Aug 12, 2010, at 9:21 AM, MIke Antonelli wrote:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/24606429/detail.html ...I think this is
bull, but dig it! Mike A.
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Hi Chis,
You might see if you captured video of one that took place at 9:15 or
thereabouts tonight. I watched it go from north to south or southeast
a bit. It was west of Montrose. It was a spectacular thing to see
with a long trail behind it. I'd call it a small fireball. I would be
Pieces of Ureilite maybe?
Mike in CO
On Aug 10, 2010, at 1:52 AM, Barry Hughes wrote:
A 1 cm magnet:)
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 3:29 AM, Barry Hughes bhug...@sneezy.com
wrote:
Hi, just wondering if anybody ever came across anything like this. I
found these when cleaning a bunch of UNWA
I'd contact Elton on this first.
Mike in Co
On Feb 21, 2010, at 6:45 AM, Larry Twink Monrad wrote:
Hello Jay and List,
The only impact crater in Alabama (as far as I know) is the Wetumpka
impact crater.
It is located in Elmore County, Alabama, USA (32° 31.5' N, 86° 10.5'
W), its diameter
Hi Ruben,
Can you share more info about what causes the pin holes? I presume
they exist only in the ends, one or the other or both?
Mike in CO
On Jan 6, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Ruben Garcia wrote:
Hi all,
This was sent to me as an iron Meteorite. It has the coolest shape
with a hole right
Hi Anne,
And a Happy New Year to you too! I just retired today so I'm going
into 2010 not knowing what's ahead but I'm really getting excited.
Maybe now, I will finally get a chance to take a few trips to hunt
meteorites like I have wanted to do for some time now.
I hope the new year is
Good post Darren. Good reminder.
Those were awful big magnets. I keep the smaller ones I use well
separated and don't mess with them once they are on my rake but even
then I am really careful with where and how I use them. Dirk's
accident is a very good reminder of how unforgiving they
Thanks for sharing that picture Larry, and Michael. I don't think
there have been very many days go by in the recent years that I
haven't re-read some part or chapter in one of O. Richard Norton's
books on meteorites.
Mike in CO
On Dec 1, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Michael Johnson wrote:
Hi List,
I found this strange stone yesterday metal detecting. It is weird in
that it sounds off on my Gold Bug but does not sound like a hot rock.
More like a small nugget.
Going by feel only, gross density is less than 3. Seems light for its
size.
It's very friable in some areas, other
Hello List,
By following some of my home do-it-yourself'er rule of thumb tests, I
thought for a while this piece of metal might be a meteorite. It was
heavily coated with rust or mineral coating. I put it in CLR for a
few days and here is what I found:
Hi Pete, List,
Good question. I don't have your answer but have been pondering on
the main mass thing myself. When I see the words main mass
mentioned, I conjure up a mental image of the biggest piece of
meteorite recovered from the strewn field of a known fall.
Otherwise, if you
Hi List,
Thought some of you might like to see some more pictures of my little
suspect irons that I have been trying to get cleaned up. It is a slow
process. Here is a few of them.
This little guy has what appears to be flow lines running down to the
point, wouldn't you say? It took
I have a couple small suspect irons that I would like to be able to
finally get to see but they both have a rind of stone-like material
completely encasing them. Probably calcium. I know there are several
household products that are supposed to remove calcium but will they
ruin my little
Hi All,
I have a question if I might please. I had put some small (suspect)
irons in naval jelly then neutralized it with baking soda and then
removed them and rinsed them. Then I had wire brushed them with a
small hand held brush. Several pieces came clean and chrome looking
for the
HI List,
This little suspect iron passes my home do-it-yourselfer tests. If it
is a meteorite, I'd say it's a bit unusual in that it is very thin,
maybe 2 or 3 mm at the thickest. Course though, it is also very
small. field of view for this picture through the scope is about 10
mm.
To use it - or is it a feature one must purchase seperately?
I believe list members would like to know, so, please respond
On list.
Thanks, Michael
On 10/10/09 8:46 PM, Michael Murray mmur...@montrose.net wrote:
The new Windows Vista has a magnifier in it like that. I have
The new Windows Vista has a magnifier in it like that. I have a
magnifier on my Mac too. I agree, very cool. I use them a lot. I
just tried the ebay zoom on a chondrite. Very nice too.
Thanks for sharing the info.
Mike in CO
On Oct 9, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Mike Miller wrote:
Hi all my
I'm certainly not any authority or expert but since you were asking
for a ballpark, I'll toss this answer in on the second question...
Judging from the pieces I have found using my magnets, I believe the
minimum size of survivors graduates up from the barely visible and
possibly the
I see the side view of a face on the right side, mouth open, teeth
showing, bit of a hook nose, long chin, eye with eyelash, flip of hair
out in front on top. Sorry but it just jumped out at me when I first
saw the picture.
Mike in CO
On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:30 PM, countde...@earthlink.net
Hi List,
Here is what I was wanting to get cleaned up. The electrolysis bath
removed most of the buildup but I still had to work on the specimen
with a small wire brush for a while. This suspect iron is 15 cm x 10
cm. Sorry the picture has so much yellow in it, I couldn't get my
scope
In case anyone lost track of when, the 3rd and final flyby coming up
tomorrow. Here is a link... http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/media/final_pass.html
Mike in CO
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Hi All,
I put my little suspect iron in a solution of water and calcium
carbonate. I actually wrapped it loosely with tinfoil and sat that
down in the mixture. I got out my trusty battery charger and
connected the red lead to a sacrificial piece of junk strap metal and
sat that down
I'd like to try cleaning a small suspect iron so that I can see what
it looks like without all the rust and other buildup. Anyone have
experience with using an electrolysis bath on an iron to clean it up?
If so, another question...Will it remove the black oxide?
Mike in CO
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Michael Murray mmur...@montrose.net wrote:
Glad you found it useful. I wanted to share too that native iron
reacts real close to the same as a meteorite will to the magnetism.
So you might want to watch for that.I sent one of about 20 some
pieces
I know I have been thinking of you folks there. The satellite photo
Jeff posted sure showed the storm looking ominous. Can't be good with
all that dust.
All the best to everyone over there.
Mike in CO
On Sep 24, 2009, at 8:53 PM, WS Schroer wrote:
Hi list,
it's Friday morning and the
For what they are worth, here are a couple suggestions...
If you place the suspect iron on a strong magnet, then remove the
magnet, the suspect iron should not retain magnetism (if it's a
meteorite) but should to some extent if man-made iron. Kind of like
magnetizing the tip of a
to the it's a keeper for more testing pile.
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Meteoritemax
Michael Murray mmur...@montrose.net wrote:
For what they are worth, here are a couple suggestions...
If you place the suspect iron on a strong magnet, then remove the
magnet, the suspect iron should not retain
decrustification I like that word!
Mike in CO
On Sep 17, 2009, at 2:11 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote:
Listerians,
I get the feeling that some folks feel that fusion crusts are
indestructible, or are unfamiliar with crustless meteorites. These
stones are from 5 different NWA falls. The
You will probably think I am a bit off the latch with this question
but here goes anyway... In the world of meteorite terminology, is
there a term or word which describes the loss of fusion crust (by
forces of nature) from stony meteorites. 'Spalling' possibly? The
loss of crust, part or
From what I can observe on some small specimens, it is more than just
the removal of fusion crust that is involved. As the crust is broken
or chipped off, due to whatever cause, there is a certain, albeit
small amount, of the matrix removed also, leaving the newly exposed
surface very
Eric, and List,
Mr. Moore was quoted as saying: If it's brighter than the full moon
then there's a chance that part of it survived and landed, he said.
I'm not sold on the idea that size(read that same as brightness in
this report) is the most relative factor in survival. I tend to think
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