[meteorite-list] Fusion Crust on Irons

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 09:09:55 -0000
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B31658434_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

John Said:
>>Does anyone besides me believe that many of the Sikhote-Alin irons
have
>>been "doctored" to look better than they really are?

No, really, do ya think?? :)

(just in case it comes a major revelation - how long in the ground do
you think the original crust/oxide survives on an Iron? A few tens of
years!

These xxx hundred year old Irons (like Campo etc) that are dug out of
the ground with brown rusty goo dripping off them, don't mysteriously
just get a quick wipe with a cloth and end up jet black you know!)

'Doctoring' is a relative term, I'd call it 'preparation', personally I
don't have a problem with an Iron 'ending up' with a black coating, hell
it's a lot better than a wire brushed shiny polished chunk, and at least
the black oxide coating protects the piece to a large extent!

Best,

Mark



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JKGwilliam
Sent: 05 December 2006 04:19
To: gary at webbers.com; Mike Bandli; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fusion Crust on Irons

Does anyone besides me believe that many of the Sikhote-Alin irons have
been "doctored" to look better than they really are? Over the past
several
years I've heard several stories (rumors) that a lot of creative work
has
been used to make some of the SAs look as good as they do. One of the
stories actually involved the application of liquid gun blueing. I've
seen
pictures of some of these beautiful specimens right out of the ground
and
they are pretty rusty.

Best,
John

At 04:03 PM 12/4/2006, Gary K. Foote wrote:
>Beautiful sikhote. I love the blue sheen most of them have.
>
>Gary
>http://www.meteorite-dealres.com
>
>On 4 Dec 2006 at 14:54, Mike Bandli wrote:
>
> > Crust on irons...most definitely! This Sikhote has THICK crust in
some of
> > the regmaglypts. Thick enough that you can chip it off. It's like
Blued Gun
> > Metal.
> >
> >
>
http://www.astro-artifacts.com/Astroartifacts/Collection/SIKHOTE-296,14g
.jpg
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Mike Bandli
> >
> >
> >
> >
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