[meteorite-list] More on "not the best place to hunt meteorites" thread

[Jerry]

Hi Michael,
Doesn't look meteoritic from the picture. I gather that if jumped up to your 
magnet?
It looks like a granitic pebble. Lots of terrestrial rocks contain iron so a 
magnet is a first step.
As Lasse suggests, grind a small window in it and look for metal flecks.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 2:26 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] More on "not the best place to hunt meteorites" 
thread


> Hi List
> I wanted to follow up on the "not the best place to hunt meteorites" 
> thread with a couple pictures of my latest find, found today using  the 
> magnet hunting techniques I talked about.   BTW, I got my  inspiration for 
> this hunting method from the articles in O. Richard  Norton's books where 
> he covers H. H. Nininger's career.  I certainly  don't take any credit for 
> the idea of hunting with magnets.  I have  simply added some of my own 
> ingredients into the recipe, so-to- speak.  Anyway, here is what appears 
> to me to be a small stony with  quite a bit of its fusion crust still 
> intact.  I don't know what the  bright, almost grass-green material is 
> that I can see in it but it is  really pretty when seen through the 
> m-scope.  Again, not authenticated.
>
> Michael Murray
> micro-hunter of southwest Colorado
>
> http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/2008_s5.jpg
>
> http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/2008_s4.jpg
>
> http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p124/mmurray_02/2008_s3.jpg
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