[meteorite-list] giving my Nantan a thrashing....

From: capricorn89 <capricorn89_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:34 2004
Message-ID: <000601c1d8a0$4f0e78c0$df36b2d1_at_earthlink.net>

Hello Dave (with appropriate warnings to all):

I acquired a 8 kilo Nantan two years ago at Tucson. ($400.00 from a
wholesaler). I was sure that there would be iron inside as it seemed good
and solid when I poked around the crust, even scratching it with my key and
seeing bright metal. Later I whacked it with a sledge hammer to see what
would happen and it broke into 3 nice even pieces. It was one with the
layered metal, oxidized in between plates, and a thick (maybe 2-3 inches of
oxidized shale around it). The exposed fractures promptly rusted, and now I
see exfoliation and separation in the shale. If I get around to it, I could
epoxy the pieces back together and fill any voids and it would be a rather
nice looking piece, but I fear with the pealing, it will only be a few years
now before it goes the way of all good, (or bad depending on your point of
view) Nantans.

Ron Hartman


----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Harris <entropydave_at_ic24.net>
To: metlist <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 2:21 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] giving my Nantan a thrashing....


> Hi folks,
> I thought I sent this to the list a few days ago but I don't recall seeing
> it, so here it is again. My 1.5kg Nantan is, predictably, on the crumble.
> If I were to give it a good whacking with a hammer to remove the shale,
> would I be likely to find myself with 1.5kg of useless binworthy shale, or
> would I find an iron 'nugget' in the middle of it all?
> Guesses please!!!
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> In gentle decay,
> dave
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Received on Sun 31 Mar 2002 05:39:12 AM PST