[meteorite-list] FW: Magnet canes are evil

[Mark Bowling]

Dennis,
I have found tiny glass spherules in some areas along the tracks - lots of 
them.  I think it's welding slag from RR operations.  I was pretty excited until 
someone suggested it (I never had them tested, but hard to believe folks would 
overlook something significant until me...).  


Nothing as big as you mention (other than the marbles we occasionally 
find).   In other places I have found weathered obsidian which often has a 
tektite texture (though not the same).  I think it's caused by solution 
weathering.

I have a magnet cane, but I never used it to pick up a meteorite.  It's just a 
fashion statement I guess (peer pressure).  ;-)

Mark B.
Vail, AZ

----- Original Message ----
From: Dennis Miller <astroroks at hotmail.com>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010 3:08:13 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] FW: Magnet canes are evil

> My modified ski pole (with Magnet) is more a walking stick and snake flipper!
> I have a question, Has anyone ever found small tektites around the Holbrook?
> I know if there were, that they were not the result of the Holbrook splatter.
> While there Sunday, I found what is either an egg shaped (5/8") obsidian ball
> or a tektite of sort. Light will pass through it but it has an unusual 
textured
> skin. I have seen a lot of Apache tears (obsidian orbs) but none like this 
>little
> guy.
> Carrying a big stick at all times.
> Dennis Miller
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:10:10 -0700
> > From: ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com
> > To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Magnet canes are evil
> >
> > Mark wrote:
> >
> > > As soon as everyone stops using metal detectors and magnet canes
> > > to look for meteorites then the first Lunars in Europe or USA
> > > will eventually be found, .... until then!
> >
> > I have never used a magnet cane, nor will I ever, and I always
> > advise new hunters against their use. A magnet cane is basically
> > an H-, L-, iron, and stony-iron filter. I sometimes carry an LL6
> > with me to the desert on the off-chance I'll run into someone using
> > a magnet cane. That usually "cures" them. ;-)
> >
> > --Rob
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