[meteorite-list] Are Mars Meteorites Magnetic?

[Jim Wooddell]

Pete,

"capable of being magnetized or attracted by a magnet."

The key words being  'OR attracted by a magnet'.

So, if a meteorite is attracted by a magnet, it can be called magnetic.

Ref:  The Random House College Dictionary,   CCC # 68-19699

Cheers!

Jim


Jim Wooddell
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com>
To: "GREG LINDH" <geeg48 at msn.com>; <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
Cc: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Are Mars Meteorites Magnetic?


> Hello list, Greg, Bernd,
> Yes, everone uses the term magnetic but
> that is not the proper word for what they
> are trying to convey.
> Greg, you are correct in your definition.
> The correct term is Permeability.
> Permeability is defined as the ability to be
> attracted to a magnet.
> Everything has Permeability, but it is to such
> a small degree that the object will not stick to
> the magnet. Almost all living things contain
> some iron, which makes them have a slight Permeability.
> There are only three metals with a high enough
> Permeability to become a magnet. these are
> iron, nichol, and colbalt. Some stainless steel
> can have Permeability by deformation, that is, being
> bent out of shape.
> If you get bent out of shape, maybe you can be
> attracted to a magnet. :)
> A magnet attracts the iron because the iron has
> Permeability.
> Magnetic is the term meaning having the properties
> of a magnet.
> This is sorta like Meteroid, meteor, meteorite.
> I'm sorry that I did not get this out sooner, but
> life got in the way.
> Pete Shugar
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Are Mars Meteorites Magnetic?
>> From: GREG LINDH <geeg48 at msn.com>
>> Date: Tue, January 03, 2012 5:49 pm
>> To: <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de>
>> Cc: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi Bernd,
>>
>>   I meant to address this email to you and not to Eric.  So here it is 
>> again.
>>
>>   I have always wondered why people here on the List, keep referring to 
>> some meteorites as being "magnetic". To me, being magnetic means having 
>> the properties of a magnet. There are no meteorites that natually attract 
>> iron, so why are they described as being "magnetic"? Am I wrong?
>>
>>
>>   Regards,
>>
>>   Greg L.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
>> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> > Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 23:36:07 +0000
>> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Are Mars Meteorites Magnetic?
>> >
>> > Eric inquired:
>> >
>> > "Are Mars meteorites magnetic at all?"
>> >
>> > Some of them are definitely attracted to a magnet!
>> >
>> > One of these is Bob Verish's Los Angeles and when I held
>> > a magnet to one my LAs, it readily jumped to the magnet!
>> >
>> > See, for example:
>> >
>> > COLLINSON D.W.(1997) Magnetic properties of Martian meteorites:
>> > Implications for an ancient Martian magnetic field (Meteoritics 32-6, 
>> > 1997, 803).
>> >
>> > Best wishes for 2012,
>> >
>> > Bernd
>> >
>> >
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