[meteorite-list] More on "not the best place to hunt meteorites" thread

From: Jerry <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:42:50 -0500
Message-ID: <6955BD49A5BC4F57B63141EC72633349_at_Notebook>

Hi Michael,
Doesn't look meteoritic from the picture. I gather that if jumped up to your
magnet?
It looks like a granitic pebble. Lots of terrestrial rocks contain iron so a
magnet is a first step.
As Lasse suggests, grind a small window in it and look for metal flecks.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:26 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] More on "not the best place to hunt meteorites"
thread


> Hi List
> I wanted to follow up on the "not the best place to hunt meteorites"
> thread with a couple pictures of my latest find, found today using the
> magnet hunting techniques I talked about. BTW, I got my inspiration for
> this hunting method from the articles in O. Richard Norton's books where
> he covers H. H. Nininger's career. I certainly don't take any credit for
> the idea of hunting with magnets. I have simply added some of my own
> ingredients into the recipe, so-to- speak. Anyway, here is what appears
> to me to be a small stony with quite a bit of its fusion crust still
> intact. I don't know what the bright, almost grass-green material is
> that I can see in it but it is really pretty when seen through the
> m-scope. Again, not authenticated.
>
> Michael Murray
> micro-hunter of southwest Colorado
>
> http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/2008_s5.jpg
>
> http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/2008_s4.jpg
>
> http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/2008_s3.jpg
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