Bama_J Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Hello everyone. I am a rookie in the meteorite search, and I have encountered some stones with ferrous minerals and metallic flakes embedded within.I'm betting these are common stones in the area, but some crush into a fine reddish brown (rusty) powder witch that appears to have some magnetic components and some not, of course. What baffles me is there are fine flakes or plates of a very shiny metallic substance in the fine dust mixture; these flakes are not magnetic but attractive- so they must contain some iron to. They are a goldish, maybe copper, color. They stand out from the remaining shiny minerals of the stones. I estimate some ofthem to be 1 mm^2 in area. Also, when meltingthe ferrous (slightly magnetic) dust+metallic flakes, the , im assuming ore, reformed into concentrated spheres while the metallic flakes remain unaltered. Please let me know if anyone has any experience with such stones or knows someone who has. ThanksJustin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Post one or two pictures so we can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bama_J Posted January 6, 2011 Author Share Posted January 6, 2011 I am traveling this week, but I will upload photos as soon as possible.Thanks everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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