[meteorite-list] Nevada Meteorite/Meteorwrong
Nicholas Gessler
gessler at ucla.edu
Mon Jul 12 12:54:05 EDT 2004
I remember visiting a dry lake valley in Nevada loaded with tons of magnetite.
Looked just like this. In fact, I have a few pieces in my yard.
Cutting into it or trying to break off a chunk with a hammer should be
revealing:
Brittle - easy to cut or break - slate black interior -> magnetite.
Tough - hard to cut or break - shiny metal -> possible iron meteorite.
That test should take less than 50 seconds...
Nick
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