[meteorite-list] Magnetic meteorites

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jan 19 20:17:03 2005
Message-ID: <41EF068E.8040009_at_fascination.com>

Dear All,
How about an etching of Proud Tom for a refrigerator magnet!
Dave
with the magnetic personality!

John Birdsell wrote:

> Hi Doug, Steve & all....Doug I think you may have really hit on
> something- Refrigerator Meteor-Magnets! Every refrigerator should
> have a couple....You can etch them and use them to hold up your
> shopping list, chore list, etc. I think we'll start offering them on
> ebay in the near future! Even better...Tom might be able to etch a
> picture of Granny on the meteorite and we could have
> etched-granny-meteorite-magnets for everyone's refrigerator!
>
>
> Cheers & thanks for a great idea!
>
>
> -John
>
>
>
> MexicoDoug_at_aol.com wrote:
>
>> Steve, you're fine. Generally with meteorites the more strongly
>> magnetic the specimen the more iron metal. There are some many uses
>> of the word magnetic in exactly the way you use it, in the Cambridge
>> Encyclopedia of Meteorites that it sounds like you might be able to
>> give Bob Evans some help on the concept. Saludos, Doug
>> PS I have a meteorite that is a magnet. It's easy to make them
>> from most magnetic metals like your new meteorite. Just store it
>> with a strong magnet attached for a while and even just "filing" it
>> can make a magnetic iron a permanent magnet right away. It'll be
>> weaker thanthe original magnet, though. Mu Toluca got so magnetic
>> it sticks to the refrigerator door. I was thinking sending a
>> certain person one of these as a peace offering:) Other magnetic
>> metals in the same sense as iron, are, nickel, cobalt and
>> gadolinium...the actual term is ferromagnetic. Chromium and
>> Maganese are actually antiferromagnetic.
>>
>> When someone says "magnetic" they are referring to any kind of
>> magnetic property at all, not just the ability to sustain magnetic
>> poles like a permanent magnet. The correct word to describe that is
>> that the material is magnetized. Magnetized means it has the
>> properties of a permanent magnet/ Magnetic means whatever the users
>> wants remotely related to magnets, the metals they attract, of the
>> fields they produce, etc. etc. Hope this clears it up until the
>> next round...
>> Congrats on the new acquisition! Saludos, Doug
>>
>> En un mensaje con fecha 01/19/2005 5:49:27 PM Mexico Standard Time,
>> bobe5531_at_comcast.net escribe:
>> With all due respect Steve................
>>
>> You claimed that your new meteorite is very magnetic.
>> That's about as annoying as the oriented - orientated debate.
>>
>>> From what I understand " Magnetic " means having the properties of
>>> a magnet.
>>
>> Does your new meteorite attract Iron like a magnet?
>> Probably not !!
>> I see this used all of the time, so, am I missing something ?
>> Is there some meteorite out there that I've never heard of that can
>> attract Iron magnetically?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Bob Evans
>>
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