[meteorite-list] strange rock - meteor wrong sliced

From: Howard Steffic <bencubbin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:24:43 -0600
Message-ID: <COL118-W143E40C48A06F406054794B7DD0_at_phx.gbl>

Great Job, Mr Hankey.
 
Hopefully soon you have the joy of finding your first meteorite.



Howard Steffic





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> Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:46:31 -0400
> From: mike.hankey at gmail.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] strange rock - meteor wrong sliced
>
> List member Derik Bower sliced up the strange rock that was reported
> to me last week. (thanks Derik)
>
> I originally thought this was a type of slag. When I sent the pics out
> to the list a lot of people said it was worth following up on.
>
> The window test revealed some bubbles and it was game over at that
> point. I wanted to slice it open just to see what it looked like on
> the inside:
>
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gideon-rock-slice.jpg
>
> Thanks for all the help last week with this. I learned several new
> identification tests:
> - base density test
> - window test
> - tile scrape test
> - slice test
> - nickle test
>
> Mike Hankey
> http://www.mikesastrophotos.com
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