[meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Being Sent for Test inBangladesh
From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Feb 2 02:04:13 2006 Message-ID: <00d301c627c6$ddedb9b0$aee58c46_at_ATARIENGINE> Hi, A touchstone is a piece of slate, fine-grained, used to "test" the purity of purported gold in ancient times, up to the XIXth century when chemical tests began. See: http://www.pamp.ch/gold_c/Info_site/in_glos/in_glos_touchstone.html Google, always Google! Presumably, the rock was heavy in density, dark in colour, and without obvious texture or inclusions. Sterling K. Webb ----------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net> To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspected Meteorite Being Sent for Test inBangladesh On Wed, 1 Feb 2006 11:33:12 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Weighing 2.5 kg the triangular shape material looked like a mortar >shell. But goldsmiths said it seemed to be a costly live touchstone. Okay, is this some sort of translation problem? What is a "costly live touchstone"? ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Thu 02 Feb 2006 02:04:10 AM PST |
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