[meteorite-list] Magnetic meteorites

[John Birdsell]

Hi Doug, Steve & all....Doug I think you may have really hit on 
something- Refrigerator Meteor-Magnets! Every refrigerator should have  
a couple....You can etch them and use them to hold up your shopping 
list, chore list, etc.  I think we'll start offering them on ebay in the 
near future! Even better...Tom might be able to etch a picture of Granny 
on the meteorite and we could have etched-granny-meteorite-magnets for 
everyone's refrigerator!


Cheers & thanks for a great idea!


-John



MexicoDoug at aol.com wrote:

>Steve, you're fine.  Generally with meteorites the more strongly  magnetic 
>the specimen the more iron metal.  There are some many uses of the  word 
>magnetic in exactly the way you use it, in the Cambridge Encyclopedia of  Meteorites 
>that it sounds like you might be able to give Bob Evans some help on  the 
>concept.  Saludos, Doug
>PS  I have a meteorite that is a magnet.  It's easy to make them  from most 
>magnetic metals like your new meteorite.  Just store it with a  strong magnet 
>attached for a while and even just "filing" it can make a magnetic  iron a 
>permanent magnet right away.  It'll be weaker thanthe original  magnet, though.  
>Mu Toluca got so magnetic it sticks to the  refrigerator door.  I was thinking 
>sending a certain person one of these as  a peace offering:)  Other magnetic 
>metals in the same sense as iron, are,  nickel, cobalt and gadolinium...the 
>actual term is ferromagnetic.  Chromium  and Maganese are actually 
>antiferromagnetic.
> 
>When someone says "magnetic" they are referring to any kind of magnetic  
>property at all, not just the ability to sustain magnetic poles like a permanent  
>magnet.  The correct word to describe that is that the material is  
>magnetized.  Magnetized means it has the properties of a permanent  magnet/  Magnetic 
>means whatever the users wants remotely related to  magnets, the metals they 
>attract, of the fields they produce, etc. etc.   Hope this clears it up until the 
>next round...
>Congrats on the new acquisition!  
>Saludos, Doug
> 
>En un mensaje con fecha 01/19/2005 5:49:27 PM Mexico Standard Time,  
>bobe5531 at comcast.net escribe:
>With all due respect  Steve................
>
>You claimed that your new meteorite is very  magnetic.
>That's about as annoying as the oriented - orientated  debate.
>>From what I understand " Magnetic " means having the properties  of a magnet.
>Does your new meteorite attract Iron like a magnet?
>Probably  not !!
>I see this used all of the time, so, am I missing something ?
>Is  there some meteorite out there that I've never heard of that can attract  
>Iron magnetically?
>
>Thanks
>Bob Evans
> 
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