[meteorite-list] Cleaning a heavy iron meteorite

From: Bob King <nightsky55_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:16:48 -0600
Message-ID: <CAG5KyV=HPnSUr3daeH5KEqZE8sXqPgvn8AJW3Ub2qakdbzm1WQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Abe,
Rather than an iron meteorite, it looks like you've got a stony
meteorite or chondrite there. From its appearance, it's seems plenty
clean enough. That's kind of how chondrites look -- dark with a
weathered grey to brown exterior. Most of my own weathered chondrites
like yours appear a natural dark brown.
Bob

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Guenther <abe.guenther at mnsi.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A year ago I found a large heavy iron meteorite. When I found it the color
> was a dark brown. In my attempt to bring out the true color, I decided to
> use a dremel tool with a fine wire brush bit to clean it. The dremel brush I
> used was extremely soft and gold in color and it turned slightly gold in
> color. So, I bought a soft stainless steel wire brush and now it turns grey
> when I brush it. What is the best way for me to clean it to get the true
> color?
>
> Here are the original images after I used the gold color brush:
>
> http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM1.jpg http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM2.jpg
> http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM3.jpg http://aguenthe.mnsi.net/NM4.jpg
>
> Thanks,
>
> Abe Guenther
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>
Received on Fri 11 Nov 2011 01:16:48 PM PST