[meteorite-list] do meteorites fluoresce??

From: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com <STARSANDSCOPES_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:59:30 EST
Message-ID: <cfd.a1e90c1.33173922_at_aol.com>

Hi Barb, This is Tom Phillips. I take meteorite micrographs. My Gallery is
at http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/ I have an aus Jena
Fluoval (a fluorescence microscope) that I use for thin section cross polarized
light examination. I looked through many samples (200+) for even the smallest
speck that would fluoresce. I had no luck.

On a similar note, I have on occasion, scanned many meteorites with a Geiger
counter and no positive tests there either.

Just because I never found it, doesn't mean it isn't out there so if you
hear of a fluorescing meteorite, please let me know. I would like to get a
piece.

Tom

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Received on Wed 28 Feb 2007 02:59:30 PM PST