[meteorite-list] Help with Strange Rock Part2

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From: magellon <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:32 2004
Message-ID: <3D0513CD.ABA19202_at_earthlink.net>

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Ron,
Grey streak is magnetite. Check out Dave Freeman's specimen.
Hot Rocks .

Ken Newton
#9632 me

MrX3010_at_aol.com wrote:

> Ok I performed a tile test on my suspect rock and it showed a grayish
> silver streak on the tile so I don't think it's hematite. So this is
> what I have:
> 1. It's well worn and shows some signs of oxidation.
> 2. It's heavier than other rocks it's size.
> 3. A magnet is strongly drawn to it.
> 4. It seems to exhibit a weak magnetic field but I only noticed this
> after subjecting it to a strong magnet, in other words it might have
> resulted from that contact as it is very weak. I.e. (Only able to
> attract small pins and small paper clip)
> If anyone would like to see a picture of it let me know I'll try to
> get some good shots of it today.
>
> Next I will have a nickel test performed on it, in the meantime are
> there any other tests that I can do myself?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron

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Ron,
 Grey streak is magnetite. Check out  Dave Freeman's  specimen.
  <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/hotrocks.html">Hot
Rocks</a> .
Ken Newton
 #9632  <a href="http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/magellon/">me</a>
  
MrX3010_at_aol.com wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Ok I performed
a tile test on my suspect rock and it showed a grayish silver streak on
the tile so I don't think it's hematite.  So this is what I have:
 1. It's well worn and shows
some signs of oxidation.
 2. It's heavier than other
rocks it's size.
 3. A magnet is strongly
drawn to it.
 4. It seems to exhibit a
weak magnetic field but I only noticed this after subjecting it to a strong
magnet, in other words it might have resulted from that contact as it is
very weak. I.e.  (Only able to attract small pins and small paper
clip)
 If anyone would like to
see a picture of it let me know I'll try to get some good shots of it today.
Next I will have a nickel
test performed on it, in the meantime are there any other tests that I
can do myself?
Thanks,
 Ron</blockquote>

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