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Widmanstatten pattern question
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- Subject: Widmanstatten pattern question
- From: "Bob King" <lakewind@duluth.infi.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 08:31:09 -0500
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Hello all,
I recently etched several iron meteorites including a peculiar twisted hunk of
metal I suspected to be a meteorite. After etching this last piece a pattern that
could be the Widmanstatten Pattern was visible but it looked different from
Canyon Diablo and Odessa. Therefore I'm not sure if what I have is an artifact or
a real iron meteorite. Since I'm not an expert on Widmanstatten patterns I
wonder if someone on this list might be able to tell me whether etching an iron
(manmade) artifact produces any pattern at all. If not then perhaps I do have a
meteorite. In the meantime I'm going to polish another surface, etch it and see
what comes up.
Thanks for any help you might be able to offer!
Bob King
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