Re: [meteorite-list] Your opinion, please...

2002-03-19 Thread John Gwilliam
The fact that she says it is slightly magnetic rules out the possibility of it containing an appreciable amount of iron. My guess is hematite or magnitite. A streak test would tell which one it is. John At 01:02 PM 3/19/02 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An eBayer saw my meteorwrong page and

Re: [meteorite-list] Your opinion, please...

2002-03-19 Thread Rob and Colleen
Ken and all- John read my mind but I am leaning more toward hematite. A guy sent me kilos of this stuff a while back and some have very convincing shapes. As John indicated, the "slightly magnetic" property is the real meteorwrong givaway. If it looks like a fresh iron meteorite and it's only