[meteorite-list] have mercy for meteorite memory!

From: Tracy Latimer <tracyl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:05 2004
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.1020216134543.170B-100000_at_netra.lib.state.hi.us>

I would be interested in the results of a study on the paleomagnetic
memory of meteorites. Who did it, and what specifically was found about
ALH8001, and the initial energy state of the solar system/universe? or
what did you expect to find?

Unfortunately, I expect that many meteorite hunters will continue to use
the magnet as a base test for determing whether a suspect rock is a
meteorite. It's cheap, easy, and saves time and effort if you have to
decide whether a rock is worth packing out of an inacessible location.
There would have to be some fairly compelling hard data to eliminate one
of the first tests of meteoricity (is that a word?)

Tracy Latimer
Received on Sat 16 Feb 2002 06:57:08 PM PST