[meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil

From: almitt2 at localnet.com <almitt2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:43:39 -0400
Message-ID: <20100825014339.6e6zat805gmcckk4_at_webmail.localnet.com>

Greetings,

The problem with using magnet canes are, once a meteorite is touched
then the weak field in the specimen (and the parent body it came from)
will be altered. A magnet field may be one way of pairing specimens to
certain parent bodies. Now and in the future.

While it saves a lot of bending over there may come a time when a
specimen's fields might be ruined in which magnetic studies may want to
be done. Since there are many unique specimens found by meteorite
hunters, using the canes may not be in the best interest of science and
as Richard points out may allow you to miss some types of meteorites,
lunites included.

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites
Received on Wed 25 Aug 2010 01:43:39 AM PDT