[meteorite-list] Some of you may have a free rare earth magnet

[Charles Viau]

Better yet,

There are millions of old hard disks out there piled high in junk boxes.
Each contains a pair of rare-earth Neodymium magnets, many of which are so
powerful they can suspend 50 to 100 pounds of steel. Put one on your
refrigerator, and you will need a pair of pliers to remove it. Try it
sometime. You will most likely need a TORX 5 or 6 to break the case down to
get at them. They are found on each side of the coil in the R/W head
mechanism.

CharlyV

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Darren
Garrison
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:25 PM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Some of you may have a free rare earth magnet

I thought that this might be of interest to some of you because of magnets
being used as a
diagnostic tool in identifying meteorites. 

There is a type of AOL disc packaging that is a bulky square cardboard and
plastic clamshell box.
The two cardboard flaps snap together magneticly.  I had a couple of them
and was mildly curious to
see what kind of magnets were inside (I assumed that it would be those weak,
flexible magnets that
are sold in rolls in craft stores).  But what was inside is a very tiny but
very strong (for the
size) coated rare earth magnet-- possibly a Neodymium one.  If you have any
AOL packages like this,
it would be a nice little freebie to keep inside your wallet or something in
case you might happen
to need it.

Photo:

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/tiny_magnet.jpg
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