[meteorite-list] New Meteorite
From: Pat Brown <radio_ranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 17 22:06:15 2006 Message-ID: <20060518020614.14565.qmail_at_web51307.mail.yahoo.com> Hi Sonny, One technique to make it easier to determine magnetic attraction is to tie a string (about 2-3 feet long)to a strong magnet (like a neodynium magnet) , hang onto the string, target on the ground, look down the string while drawing the magnet close to the target. You will be able to see very small angular deflections of the string..... Hard to describe, but easy to do. Pat --- wahlperry_at_aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > I just finished cutting up some suspected meteorites > from a hunting > trip last week. I have started bringing home any > suspicious rocks that > may resemble weathered meteorites, even if they do > not attract to a > magnet. Out of the 10 suspected meteorites one > turned out to be a > weathered 13 gram chondrite. On the cut surface you > can see small > amounts of visible metal and a couple of chondrules. > The magnets that I > use are very strong and the magnet barely attracts > to the meteorite. I > almost threw it in the meteorite wrong pile on the > side of the house. > The 13 gram meteorite came from a new Nevada area > with no reported > finds. I will post some pictures of the new finds on > my web page next > week. > > > Sonny > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Received on Wed 17 May 2006 10:06:14 PM PDT |
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