[meteorite-list] "Canyon Diablo + Some Oxide Ones (Was: HelloEveryone)

[R N Hartman]

...and when you hit a piece with a hammer it will shatter where an actual 
nickel-iron meteorite will bounce and laugh at you!  The "meteorite oxide, 
fondly referred to as "oxidite" was at one time a  true meteorite but the 
iron has oxidized and become "terrestrialized", i.e. some of the original 
atoms are present, but many have changed due to oxidation.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 1:03 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] "Canyon Diablo + Some Oxide Ones (Was: 
HelloEveryone)


> Hello Jesse and List,
>
> Jesse wrote:
>
> "Canyon Diablo + some Oxide ones. Still can't
> seem to figure what oxide means tho? total is 20.8g"
>
> What you are talking about is probably magnetic iron shale, which used to 
> be found
> (and collected) in huge quantities around the crater. They are usually 
> shapeless, rather
> flat or highly angular pieces of oxidized iron and display desert varnish 
> on one or both
> sides.
>
> Best wishes and
> welcome aboard,
>
> Bernd
>
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