[meteorite-list] Magnetic meteorites

[David Freeman]

Dear All,
How about an etching of Proud Tom for a  refrigerator magnet!
Dave
with the magnetic personality!

John Birdsell wrote:

> 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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