Re: [meteorite-list] Weight VS Size ?

2003-11-29 Thread Kalli on Earthlink
Tom, I did the same thing- I have a thirteen year old who weighs about 110 pounds, and a ten year old who weighs about seventy pounds, so I showed them the picture, and they saw the tape measure pulled out to about seventeen inches, and their eyes just bugged out when they realized that meteorite

RE: [meteorite-list] Weight VS Size ?

2003-11-28 Thread Ing. Christian ANGER
Hi Tom ! Nearly all of the materials have different weigths compared to their volumes. It depends an different factors. A new article in the latest issue (No 8/2003) of Meteoritics and Planetary Science has a good abstract to this subject. It is called Stony meteorite porosities and densities.

Re: [meteorite-list] Weight VS Size ? Specific Gravity values?

2003-11-28 Thread E.J
Tom aka James Knudson wrote: Hello List, as some of you know, I am putting together a mini individual collection. I have a 2.8 gram NWA (L6) and a 2.72 gram Allende. The Allende is huge compared to the NWA. Is that an metal content issue? By the way, I am looking for more nice individuals