Greg/Carl: I have a small NWA 5000 and it sticks to a strong magnet; in fact, I have very few meteorites that do not stick to my magnet: a howardite, Tatahouine (Diogenite) and an Eucrite. I have been surprized at how many achondrites do have metal in them and do stick to my magnet. Perhaps that explains why I have boxes and boxes of little black rocks in my garage.
Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:29:27 -0500 > From: cdtuc...@cox.net > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; gmh...@htn.net; > meteoritem...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Metal content in Lunars? > > Greg, > Thank you for that info. > I have several small samples of Lunars and None of them stick to a strong > magnet. > So, the question is; > Do your samples of any size stick to a magnet? > I have Eucrites with very little metal that look superficially like Lunars > and they do stick so my guess is the only way to be certain is to have it > tested. So, You may only have a lousy Eucrite. Very sad. > Carl > -- > Carl or Debbie Esparza > Meteoritemax > > > ---- Greg Hupe wrote: >> Hi MikeG, >> >> Most of the first discovered Lunar meteorites had no real visible metal on >> polished surfaces. As more have been discovered over the last 10 years, >> there are numerous Lunars that have visible metal. A few examples are; NWA >> 2995, NWA 4472, NWA 4884, NWA 4932, NWA 5000, NWA 5406, SAU 300 and a couple >> other Omani Lunars that I can not remember at the moment. I'm sure I am >> missing others, but this is a good list to start with! >> >> Best regards, >> Greg >> >> ==================== >> Greg Hupe >> The Hupe Collection >> NaturesVault (eBay) >> gmh...@htn.net >> www.LunarRock.com >> IMCA 3163 >> ==================== >> Click here for my current eBay auctions: >> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" >> To: "Meteorite List" >> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 4:24 PM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Metal content in Lunars? >> >> >>> Hi Listees, >>> >>> After posting some photos of my oddball brecciated meteorites, several >>> of you emailed me to say that the meteorite resembled a weathered >>> lunar - specifically one of the Shisr lunars from Oman. I must admit, >>> that there is a strong resemblance between them. And I would be very >>> fortunate and happy to find an unexpected 18-gram lunar hiding in my >>> uNWA box. But, this meteorite has visible metal fleck in it and it >>> exhibits attraction to a magnet. I have always been told (and read) >>> than lunars are not attracted to magnets and rarely have any visible >>> free metal. >>> >>> So, does the presence of metal and magnetic attraction rule out my >>> weird breccia as a lunar? If so, then it's probably some kind of L or >>> LL impact melt breccia like Bison. Which would still be interesting >>> and fun, but a little anti-climactic after the lunar speculation. >>> >>> I'd like to direct this question to those folks who have handled a lot >>> of lunars firsthand, like Adam and Greg Hupe, or some of the >>> scientists on the List. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> MikeG >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites >>> http://www.galactic-stone.com >>> http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 > > ______________________________________________ > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ ______________________________________________ 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
