[meteorite-list] Your opinion, please...
From: John Gwilliam <jkgdiver_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:30 2004 Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20020319104937.00987ba0_at_pop.primenet.com> --=====================_2525305==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed The fact that she says it is slightly magnetic rules out the possibility of it containing an appreciable amount of iron. My guess is hematite or magnitite. A streak test would tell which one it is. John At 01:02 PM 3/19/02 -0500, magellon_at_earthlink.net wrote: >An eBayer saw my meteorwrong page and asked my opinion of the following. >I discreetly bow to those more experienced: ( the last two picts are >small, sorry) > <http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi1.jpg>Top > <http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi2.jpg>Bottom > <http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi3.jpg>Side > >Here is her story, >"I picked this up in country New South Wales in a National Park Wilderness >area. It is unlike any surrounding rocks or any that I have seen in that >district. I have done quite a bit of fossicking for sapphires & rubies and >seen nothing like this. The area is mostly volcanic basalt overlying >granidiorite and some granitic areas. This may be terrestrial iron, but if >so, it perhaps may have become airborne from the volcano?, as it is >oriented and has a rollover lip. It is heavier than other rocks of similar >size, but not considerably so, (125 gms), and it is slightly magnetic, but >not considerably so. Size is 2.5" x 1.5" x 1". Incidentally, there is no >industry within several hundred kilometres, and no railway line, so it >would not be smelter ore or slag." > >I will pass on to her you expert observations. >Thanks, >Ken Newton >#9632 John Gwilliam Meteorites PO Box 26854 Tempe AZ 85285 http://www.meteoriteimpact.com --=====================_2525305==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> The fact that she says it is slightly magnetic rules out the possibility of it containing an appreciable amount of iron.<br> <br> My guess is hematite or magnitite. A streak test would tell which one it is.<br> <br> John<br> <br> <br> <br> At 01:02 PM 3/19/02 -0500, magellon_at_earthlink.net wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>An eBayer saw my meteorwrong page and asked my opinion of the following. <br> I discreetly bow to those more experienced: ( the last two picts are small, sorry) <br> <a href="http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi1.jpg">Top</a> <br> <a href="http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi2.jpg">Bottom</a> <br> <a href="http://www.bay-town.com/members/magellon/misc/aussi3.jpg">Side</a> <br> <br> Here is her story, <br> "I picked this up in country New South Wales in a National Park Wilderness area. It is unlike any surrounding rocks or any that I have seen in that district. I have done quite a bit of fossicking for sapphires & rubies and seen nothing like this. The area is mostly volcanic basalt overlying granidiorite and some granitic areas. This may be terrestrial iron, but if so, it perhaps may have become airborne from the volcano?, as it is oriented and has a rollover lip. It is heavier than other rocks of similar size, but not considerably so, (125 gms), and it is slightly magnetic, but not considerably so. Size is 2.5" x 1.5" x 1". Incidentally, there is no industry within several hundred kilometres, and no railway line, so it would not be smelter ore or slag." <br> <br> I will pass on to her you expert observations. <br> Thanks, <br> Ken Newton <br> #9632 </blockquote><br> <div>John Gwilliam Meteorites</div> <div>PO Box 26854</div> <div>Tempe AZ 85285</div> <a href="http://www.meteoriteimpact.com/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.meteoriteimpact.com</a> </html> --=====================_2525305==_.ALT-- Received on Tue 19 Mar 2002 12:52:42 PM PST |
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