[meteorite-list] Probable Meteorwrongs

From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:57:38 -0400
Message-ID: <3B1F97082FEB4250BE1B62445689AF93_at_ET>

The geologists at the local universities refer a lot of possible meteorites
to our museum, where we have a fairly extensive meteorite collection. A guy
brought these in a few days ago. They were found in a farm field. I told him
they were probably slag. They look like they have caliche on them, which we
don't have in Indiana. There were no round bubble holes, but the largest one
had a small cluster of tiny irregular shaped holes. I told him to grind a
window in it, sand it smooth and etch it with nitric acid.
Some day I'll get around to getting a nickel test kit!

Phil Whitmer

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Received on Wed 20 Apr 2011 06:57:38 PM PDT