Hi List, In perusing through the latest additions to the Met Bulletin today, I was reading the compositional data for NWA 6932 (iron, ungrouped). I noticed that the gold (Au) content was listed at 1.49mg/g. Is this sort of data as straight-forward as it appears, or is there more to it that this layman is missing? In other words, how much gold is in this meteorite? The TKW of this meteorite is 32kg. So, with 1000g in a kilo, and 1000mg in a gram, how much gold is in this celestial hunk of iron? (my math is horrible)
Second question, what is highest known gold content in a meteorite and what meteorite is it? Third question, some meteorites also have high iridium content. What is the highest known iridium content in a meteorite? I am not suggesting in any way that meteorites should be refined or melted down to extract their precious metals content, but given the high value of metals such as gold and iridium, has any profiteer tried such an endeavour? Or would the process be too complex and expensive? Best regards, MikeG --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list