Re: [meteorite-list] Flow lines on the INSIDE! Not. (cleaning irons follow-up)

Cc: Jason Utas , Meteorite-list > >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Flow lines on the INSIDE! Not. (cleaning irons >follow-up) > >Hi All, >I put my little suspect iron in a solution of water and calcium >carbonate. I actually wrapped it loosely with tinfoil and sat that >down in

Re: [meteorite-list] Flow lines on the INSIDE! Not. (cleaning irons follow-up)

Hi All, I put my little suspect iron in a solution of water and calcium carbonate. I actually wrapped it loosely with tinfoil and sat that down in the mixture. I got out my trusty battery charger and connected the red lead to a sacrificial piece of junk strap metal and sat that down alon

Re: [meteorite-list] Flow lines on the INSIDE! Not.

Hi Jason, Piper, Mike and List, Gathering my tattered cloak up to cover myself, I must say that even I, with less than a year in the game, wouldn't be so ignorant as to say I saw flow lines on the INSIDE of a specimen. What I said.. and did see.. were..and I will be a bit more descriptive here.

Re: [meteorite-list] Flow lines on the INSIDE! Not.

Hello Guido, Piper, Mike, All, Ah, excellent clarification - makes a lot more sense, but - I'd still have to say that any lines on the "surface" of the iron would be artifacts of the corrosive process or of your cleaning of the iron. I put surface in quotes, because, as has already been stated, af