[meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay

[MEM]

This isn't even hematite that I can fathom but silicated slag from smelting.  
There is a lot of high quality magnetite in the region but not much hematite 
until you get further southwest into Pennsylvania.

When the slag is chipped up from the furnace floor can fractures along fiberous 
lines if there is a large iron oxide content.   You can see fiberous looking 
lineral fractures like one of these pieces shows. But even botryodial hematie 
doesn't show bubbles/vesicles.

Elton




----- Original Message ----
> From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Sent: Thu, November 18, 2010 4:37:39 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay
> 
> This auction just ended, a great price for 72 grams of Weston, (I paid a lot  
>more than that for mine!), not so great of a  price for botryoidal  hematite. 
>But seriously, if you're so dumb you don't know that Weston is an H4  and you 
>bid on a piece of Weston sold as an iron, I don't really feel that sorry  for 
>you.
> 
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> Phil Whitmer
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