[meteorite-list] non magnetic meteorites

From: Rafael B. Torres <spacecollection2001_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:13:10 2004
Message-ID: <BAY8-F21Gktnr67WTAA00004633_at_hotmail.com>

Hello list, I have an iteresting story on this topic =) The meteorite that
triggered my interest in meteorites is probably a meteor wrong. When I was
in secondary school my chemestry teacher said tha she had a meteorite in her
house, I went to see and this was the story I was told of that meteorite.
According to her housband that meteorite was found in road construction
about 10 to 15 years ago. He was responsible for setting the Power lines in
the highway od Guadalajara. One morning they arrived to the construction
place and found one of the wood lines broken down lying on the ground,
according to them the wood line was broken in half and burned, so it was
impossible for a human being to break it, nor an accident, cuz the breaking
point was tu high to be reached by a car. So they decided to investigate
with trigonometrics to locate the object that struck the line, so they dug a
small hole and the found this 90 pound (approx) metallic object, very heavy
for the size, just like an iron meteorite, but when I saw it only one thing
was missing, it is NOT MAGNETIC. It has all characteritics of a meteorite,
unless that. Also the story is very convincing, but I still dont know if its
true or not, I believe her, but I truly dont know what is that. She told me
that she can give me a piece for examination, is someone willing to analyze
it?

This meteorite was the one that started my curiosity about meteorites, but
the very first meteorite I saw and touched was one of the worlds biggest
meteorites, the Bacubirito in Sinaloa¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ =) A good meteorite, very
good for starting¡¡¡ =P



            =0)
Rafael B. Torres
Space Collection 2001
http://www.geocities.com/rafael_blando





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