Someone, I don't remember who, had a picture about 2 years ago, of a neat little microspheroid with a lip like an oriented tektite. I've never seen anything else like it, and i've spent a lot of time gazing at those little things. A grain of rice size is huge! compared to most microspheroids though.
I did once find a piece that big that appeared to be oriented. It wasn't in a gutter though. It was shaped like a frozen cartoon raindrop. It's the only bit I've ever found by sweeping desert roads with a magnet broom (a nice way to spend an afternoon or 10) that really appeared to be meteoritic in origin. -Robert Beauford : ) Hello List, I am new to the list and relatively new to the meteorite collecting thing! I know when I have found a possible meteorite, there is always great people out there willing to look at it, and give an opinion. Well I read an article on collecting micro meteorites. I thought my mother in-laws roof would be perfect for collecting micros. She has a large house that's about 40 years old and has a white pea-gravel roof. I figured it would act like a giant sluice box! <BR>So, I went up and dragged a magnet through the 1/2 inch deep gravel. I came up with some Interesting stuff, one in particular! It is about the shape of a piece of rice, a very small piece of rice, magnetic, black and under a 10 X loop it is a dead ringer for an oriented Sikhote-Alin I bought on E-Bay! Can a micrometeorite be oriented? Is there Micro-collectors that would look at a possible Micro? I do not have a microscope so I can't do much more. I sure would like an expert's opinion on this little guy. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
