Jim, This link should provide some additional info: http://webmineral.com/help/FlameTest.shtml
Happy gazing, Michael in so. Cal. On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 9:38 PM, James Masny <sciflye...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good evening list. Sorry if this has been discussed before, but are > different colors of meteors streaking through the atmosphere > indicative of certain minerals burning up? And what color represents > what minerals? I remember the 2001 Leonids, and seeing so many > different colors - pink, blue, white, yellow, green, orange. The > other night, I was outside, and I caught 2 fireballs, 1 changed color > from yellow to red, another from white to yellow. > > All the best > Jim > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list