[meteorite-list] Volcanic Ash is Magnetic

[Linton Rohr]

Hmm. Very interesting.
I was recently tryring out my "new" metal detector (thanks, Ruben) on our 
property in southern Utah and discovered that the "lava bomb" boulders 
strewn across the landscape are "hot rocks" and are slightly mag-attracted. 
The boulders were ejected from Boulder Mountain and Thousand Lake Mountain 
20 to 30 million years ago in a lava flow eruption. They were distributed 
around the area by subsequent glacial activity. In addition, I found a great 
deal of aluminum foil, and a few bullet casings. No meteorites... yet.
Linton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <GeoZay at aol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 8:51 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Volcanic Ash is Magnetic


>
> Well...just had an Eureka moment. I was  sitting here at my desk with a
> bottle of volcanic ash from Mt. St. Helens and a  earth magnet in my hand. 
> I
> brought the magnet to the ash and discovered that the  ash was attracted 
> to
> it. I didn't know this before...son of a gun. :O)
> GeoZay
>
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