[meteorite-list] Matteo's Challenge Answered

From: Mark Ferguson <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:27 2004
Message-ID: <000f01c39154$1298f3c0$6701a8c0_at_vs.shawcable.net>

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From: "E.J" <jonee_at_epix.net>
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Cc: <steve_schoner_at_yahoo.com>; <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Matteo's Challenge Answered


> Randy, All,
>
> I agree that new technology will help overcome this identification issue
> of micro particles. In predict a day of a hand held mineral mass
> spectrometer where I can hike from boulder to boulder zap it from
> several feet away and get a readout of it's composition!
They already exist. The little rover on Mars had one and years ago, there
was a small tabletop rig, Just don't remember the make.

Mark
Received on Mon 13 Oct 2003 02:34:35 AM PDT