[meteorite-list] Cracking Brahin Pallasite

From: Matt <Matt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:23 2004
Message-ID: <008801c24df6$adbd19a0$62f87fa5_at_D7220234W2K>

I think that certain Brahin are worse than Brenham. Admire is a horrible one
as well.
If you must have one of these, always try and buy an endpiece. I've had a
Brenham endpiece for YEARS and has yet to develop rust.
Matt Morgan
http://www.mhmeteorites.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com>
To: "'Ian Barrett'" <jellyfysh_at_hotmail.com>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Cracking Brahin Pallasite


> Hi Ian,
>
> > Last night I examined my two inch slice of brahin Pallasite
> > and I've not looked closely at it for a while. It has developed
> > a crack all along one side and when I gently applied pressure
> > to the slice it broke in three pieces !! It's my fave piece
> > and I've not been collecting for long so may have missed
> > something but I was under the impression that Brahin was
> > pretty stable. Am I wrong ?
>
> Unfortunately, my experience has been the same as yours -- Brahin
> is very susceptible to rusting and having its olivine crystals
> pop out. Perhaps some of the newer material (large chunks!)
> that have been showing up on eBay are better, but I have
> my doubts. The only pallasite that comes to mind that has
> even worse stability is Brenham.
>
> --Rob
>
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Received on Tue 27 Aug 2002 02:22:18 PM PDT