[meteorite-list] Metallic Rock Baffles Experts
Impactika at aol.com
Impactika at aol.com
Mon Jul 31 23:34:54 EDT 2006
In a message dated 7/31/2006 8:40:18 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net writes:
Hi,
Can you tell that yesterday it was 100.4 F.
(previous record 98 F.) and today it's 102 F
(previous record 93 F.) with 94% humidity?
A nice day to sit in front of the computer at
a balmy 82 F (with 40% humidity) and worry
about odd metal rocks probably not from
space...
Meteorite? No way!
Is this another contest? If so, I vote for
Molybdenum. Yup, Molly Be Damned gets
my vote!
Here's the photo:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/photo/18667900_ddn0
73006mysteriousrocksp2.html
This is naturally occuring molybdenum ore:
http://www.edzone.net/~tzielask/molybdenum_-_no_label.jpg
Molybdenum metal in two states of fusion:
http://www.krdnet.com/EBAY/Galleries/october/DSCF2836.JPG
It can be quite granular.
Polished molybdenite:
http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photomoly.html
What's "Molly Be Damned" doing in Ohio?
Any real experts (not me) on The List?
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Not me either.
But there is plenty of Molybdenum in Colorado. 2 of the largest mines are
right here, the Climax and the Henderson mines.
I even picked up a small piece on Mt Antero, very shiny, with a purple tinge.
Maybe Matt Morgan, our Colorado geologist, can come up with an explanation.
Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com
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