[meteorite-list] New Quiz - the solution

From: Merz <thmerz_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Aug 22 17:37:58 2006
Message-ID: <1GFdwX-04hktE0_at_fwd28.sul.t-online.de>

Hello Christian and list,

By pure chance I saw this iron on location during my summer holidays in Austria (2 weeks ago). I can confirm that it's really hard to distinguish from a real iron meteorite.

Admirable example of a pseudo meteorite!

Best regards,
Thomas Merz


"Christian Anger" <christian.anger_at_aon.at> schrieb:
> Hi all again,
>
> it is iron slag from Austria, displayed at the entrance of the "Ragga Canyon" in Flattach,
> Carinthia, Austria.
>
> here's a pic with the description of the iron.
>
> www.austromet.com/trips/xxx3.jpg
>
> Sign says
>
> " iron slag
> from the melt ovens
> of melt-huts (Schmelzh?tten)"
>
> "melt-huts" (Schmelzh?tten) is called a very, very small village nearby.
>
> Yes, another lookalike, but very interesting is the nearly perfect shape.
>
> It could be easily mixed up with a meteorite.
>
> The only one recognizing it as a slag was Harald Stehlik. He was NOT aware of this piece.
>
> He really recognized it. Great job, Harald !
>
> Cheers again,
>
> Christian
>
>
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>
> Ing. Christian Anger
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> 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
> AUSTRIA
>
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>
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