[meteorite-list] More on: Your opinion, please...
From: magellon_at_earthlink.net <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:31 2004 Message-ID: <3C9A066B.2AECBF00_at_earthlink.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AD22152ECE13694A781FBA84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is the reply from the Aussie gal with the meteor wrong: "I appreciate very much your efforts on my behalf and the interest you have taken. I took your advice and rubbed the sample on medium grade sandpaper - it rubbed the surface of the paper right off, but the stone was unmarked. No scratches or shiny area. It sure is tough stuff!! I then rubbed it as you said on the back of a ceramic tile and it left dark gray marks, so I guess it's not hematite. I would assume then that it is magnetite, although only slightly magnetic. So, it is still a bit of a mystery. What do you think? Incidentally, Ken, when I think about it, I may have found a few small pieces of this same material in a stream nearby, when searching alluvials for corundum. If they turn out to look like the same material, I will send them to you if you are interested. They were not prolific, probably enough to fill a matchbox in approx. half a ton of gravel. I will see what I can find." Thanks again for the responses. Best, Ken Newton --------------AD22152ECE13694A781FBA84 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <3C977D26.1DDD8C3A_at_earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:02:14 -0500 From: magellon_at_earthlink.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com Subject: Your opinion, please... Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------239FC07CA858179313CAA249" --------------239FC07CA858179313CAA249 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit An eBayer saw my meteorwrong page and asked my opinion of the following. I discreetly bow to those more experienced: ( the last two picts are small, sorry) Top Bottom Side Here is her story, "I picked this up in country New South Wales in a National Park Wilderness area. It is unlike any surrounding rocks or any that I have seen in that district. I have done quite a bit of fossicking for sapphires & rubies and seen nothing like this. The area is mostly volcanic basalt overlying granidiorite and some granitic areas. This may be terrestrial iron, but if so, it perhaps may have become airborne from the volcano?, as it is oriented and has a rollover lip. It is heavier than other rocks of similar size, but not considerably so, (125 gms), and it is slightly magnetic, but not considerably so. Size is 2.5" x 1.5" x 1". Incidentally, there is no industry within several hundred kilometres, and no railway line, so it would not be smelter ore or slag." I will pass on to her you expert observations. Thanks, Ken Newton #9632 --------------239FC07CA858179313CAA249 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> An eBayer saw my meteorwrong page and asked my opinion of the following. <br>I discreetly bow to those more experienced: ( the last two picts are small, sorry) <br> <a href="http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi1.jpg">Top</a> <br> <a href="http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi2.jpg">Bottom</a> <br> <a href="http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi3.jpg">Side</a> <p>Here is her story, <br>"I picked this up in country New South Wales in a National Park Wilderness area. It is unlike any surrounding rocks or any that I have seen in that district. I have done quite a bit of fossicking for sapphires & rubies and seen nothing like this. The area is mostly volcanic basalt overlying granidiorite and some granitic areas. This may be terrestrial iron, but if so, it perhaps may have become airborne from the volcano?, as it is oriented and has a rollover lip. It is heavier than other rocks of similar size, but not considerably so, (125 gms), and it is slightly magnetic, but not considerably so. Size is 2.5" x 1.5" x 1". Incidentally, there is no industry within several hundred kilometres, and no railway line, so it would not be smelter ore or slag." <p>I will pass on to her you expert observations. <br>Thanks, <br>Ken Newton <br>#9632</html> --------------239FC07CA858179313CAA249-- --------------AD22152ECE13694A781FBA84-- Received on Thu 21 Mar 2002 11:12:27 AM PST |
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