[meteorite-list] Metal? in a Hematite Nodule

From: John Hendry <pict_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:08:42 -0500
Message-ID: <CA1D1A61.D86C%pict_at_pict.co.uk>

Hematite/Haematite is not a metal. It's a metal oxide as you go on to say.
Any free iron included within a hematite mass would be native iron and not
hematite.

Regards,
John


On 14/06/2011 13:48, "Bob Loeffler" <bobl at peaktopeak.com> wrote:

>Hi Greg,
>
>Hematite IS a metal, so that's what I would expect to see in a hematite
>nodule. Some will be completely oxidized (rusted) so that there is no
>more
>visible metal left in them, but others will still have some metal in them.
>Hematite is Iron and Oxygen (Fe2O3), so that's why it's attracted to a
>magnet.
>
>Bob L
>
>
>
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>List:
>
>Has anyone cut a hematite nodule and found what looks like metal. Looks
>the
>same as the metal in meteorites.
>
>Could it be "Specular Hematite?"
>
>It is very magnetic (magnet attraction)
>
>Much Thanks,
>
>Greg S
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