[meteorite-list] How to tell which iron is which??

[JKGwilliam]

At 04:17 PM 10/16/2006, Impactika at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 10/16/2006 5:00:05 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
>treiman at lpi.usra.edu writes:
>Hi, meteorite list -
>
>I've got a question for you. I've been approached for help in
>liquidation
>of an estate (in Texas), which has two iron masses labelled  as
>meteorites.
>But no information on where they came from. Photos  attached below.
>
>They look a lot like irons, and I'm  comfortable with a Ni test to
>tell them
>from terrestrial  iron.
>
>But -- any suggestions on how to tell which iron  meteorite they
>might be?
>To my untrained eye, they look a lot like  Canyon Diablo. Anyone had this
>type of question come up  before?
>
>Thanks for your  help.
>
>Allan
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>
>They could be Odessa meteorites.
>
>After all you are in Texas, and so is the collection.
>
>Anne M.  Black
>www.IMPACTIKA.com
>IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>President, I.M.C.A.  Inc.
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>


You might consider Toluca as well.

Best,
JKGwilliam

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