[meteorite-list] The much-maligned Nantan

From: Tracy Latimer <tracyl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:31 2004
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.93.1020321163858.17730A-100000_at_netra.lib.state.hi.us>

I've been looking over my meteorite display at the library where I work,
and despite the humid, salty air here, my Nantan hasn't shed one pinprick
of rusty shale. It's still just lightly covered in orange, which may have
protected it from further corrosion. The Sikhote-Alin, on the other hand,
is spalling off tiny flakes; that has to be a reversal of the usual!

Tracy Latimer
Received on Thu 21 Mar 2002 09:43:33 PM PST