[meteorite-list] New Meteorite

[Pat Brown]

Hi Sonny,

One technique to make it easier to determine magnetic
attraction is to tie a string (about 2-3 feet long)to
a strong magnet (like a neodynium magnet) , hang onto
the string, target on the ground, look down the string
while drawing the magnet close to the target. You will
be able to see very small angular deflections of the
string..... Hard to describe, but easy to do.

Pat

--- wahlperry at aol.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just finished cutting up some suspected meteorites
> from a hunting 
> trip last week. I have started bringing home any
> suspicious rocks that 
> may resemble weathered meteorites, even if they do
> not attract to a 
> magnet. Out of the 10 suspected meteorites one
> turned out to be a 
> weathered 13 gram chondrite. On the cut surface you
> can see small 
> amounts of visible metal and a couple of chondrules.
> The magnets that I 
> use are very strong and the magnet barely attracts
> to the meteorite. I 
> almost threw it in the meteorite wrong pile on the
> side of the house. 
> The 13 gram meteorite came from a new Nevada area
> with no reported 
> finds. I will post some pictures of the new finds on
> my web page next 
> week.
> 
> 
> Sonny
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