[meteorite-list] Cleaning Irons

Walter Branch branchw at bellsouth.net
Thu Dec 16 19:13:29 EST 2004


Hello Everyone,

Does anyone know the probabilty of finding a nice black magnetite layer
under an outer coating of rust on an iron meteorite?  In other words, if I
take a wire brush and solvent to a rusty (but solid) iron, can it be cleaned
down to a dark magnetite layer, or will it result in finding shiney silver
metal.  Thanks.

-Walter Branch





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