[meteorite-list] possible new illinois meteorite find

[Michael Farmer]

Steve, I would give that a 99.9% chance of being magnetite or hemetite.
I see no fusion crust, looks like smooth stone.
mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!" <steve_arnol60120 at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] possible new illinois meteorite find


> Hell, who says that you have to be a mother to have something nice happen
> to you on mothers day?At about 2:45 chicago time, I was doing some hunting
> at a nearby rock quarry, when I spotted as very nice crusted stone mixed
> in with a bunch of others.I picked it up and looked and I just started to
> get real excited.So I came home and did some testing.It passes the
> magnetic test slightly,the streak test comes up positive.Tomorrow I am
> going to sand a small piece down to make sure.It is only 11.5 grams.There
> is no denying the fusion crust.I will have better results tomorrow
> night.You can see it on my homepage on my website.I feel very,very
> positive about this.As harry used to say,HOLY COW!
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>                                      STEVE ARNOLD, CHICAGO
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> Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120
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