The photo caption says it's not magnetic and is very light. So chances are (combined with the appearance), it's not a meteorite. It's an interesting little piece of metal that probably has a good story behind it, but I think it's terrestrial.
Best regards, MikeG On 7/18/09, Matt Morgan <m...@mhmeteorites.com> wrote: > Hi Jim > Interesting object. It reminds me of a piece of bomb shrapnel. It does not > appear to be a meteorite, but maybe you could remove a tiny piece and do a > nickel test. > Matt > ------Original Message------ > From: jim_brady...@o2.co.uk > Sender: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > ReplyTo: jim_brady...@o2.co.uk > Subject: [meteorite-list] Is this Irelands first meteorite find? pictures > Sent: Jul 18, 2009 4:05 AM > > Hello list members > I've been contacted by a fellow in Dublin who found this > object years ago and has always been curious about whether it might be > a meteorite.He states that it is about 2cms long(roughly 7/8 of an inch > for our non-metric list members) and is light like aluminium.I have > asked him whether it was magnetic and he said 'no' . > Of course I should have asked him whether it was > attracted to a magnet, so I did and waiting for his reponse now.Because > this object is so small I've advised him that the best way to test may > be to file down a flat area and apply nitol to see if a pattern emerges. > Of course even this isn't 100% if it happened to be an ataxite. > I told him I thought it was unlikely that the object was > meteoritic in nature but that I would pose the question to the > meteorite list and see what the experts think.So if you could please > take a look and offer your opinions I'd appreciate it. > Jim Brady > > http://tr.im/sUQk > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > Matt Morgan > Mile High Meteorites > http://www.mhmeteorites.com > P.O. Box 151293 > Lakewood, CO 80215 USA > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Florida, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
