[meteorite-list] "Canyon Diablo + Some Oxide Ones (Was: HelloEveryone)

From: R N Hartman <rhartman04_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:05:56 -0700
Message-ID: <51B9E97FAC314294AB6E82490285A891_at_DBZC5NB1>

...and when you hit a piece with a hammer it will shatter where an actual
nickel-iron meteorite will bounce and laugh at you! The "meteorite oxide,
fondly referred to as "oxidite" was at one time a true meteorite but the
iron has oxidized and become "terrestrialized", i.e. some of the original
atoms are present, but many have changed due to oxidation.

----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:03 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] "Canyon Diablo + Some Oxide Ones (Was:
HelloEveryone)


> Hello Jesse and List,
>
> Jesse wrote:
>
> "Canyon Diablo + some Oxide ones. Still can't
> seem to figure what oxide means tho? total is 20.8g"
>
> What you are talking about is probably magnetic iron shale, which used to
> be found
> (and collected) in huge quantities around the crater. They are usually
> shapeless, rather
> flat or highly angular pieces of oxidized iron and display desert varnish
> on one or both
> sides.
>
> Best wishes and
> welcome aboard,
>
> Bernd
>
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Received on Wed 18 Aug 2010 06:05:56 PM PDT