[meteorite-list] Metallic Rock Baffles Experts

[Dave Freeman mjwy]

Dear List,
My guess is that this one came to Ohio as a glacial outwash of the 
former North American glaciers, or as a modern transplant from the 
western US via some rock hound in the past 50 years.
Best,
Dave F.

Impactika at aol.com wrote:


>In a message dated 7/31/2006 8:40:18 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  

>sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net writes:

>Hi,

>

>Can you  tell that yesterday it was 100.4 F.

>(previous record 98 F.) and today it's  102 F

>(previous record 93 F.) with 94% humidity?

>A nice day to sit in  front of the computer at

>a balmy 82 F (with 40% humidity) and worry

>about  odd metal rocks probably not from

>space...

>

>Meteorite? No way!

>

>Is this another contest? If so, I  vote for

>Molybdenum. Yup, Molly Be Damned gets

>my  vote!

>

>Here's the  photo:

>http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/photo/18667900_ddn0

>73006mysteriousrocksp2.html

>

>This is naturally occuring molybdenum  ore:

>http://www.edzone.net/~tzielask/molybdenum_-_no_label.jpg

>

>Molybdenum metal in two states of  fusion:

>http://www.krdnet.com/EBAY/Galleries/october/DSCF2836.JPG

>It can  be quite granular.

>

>Polished  molybdenite:

>http://www.mii.org/Minerals/photomoly.html

>

>What's "Molly Be Damned" doing in Ohio?

>

>Any real  experts (not me) on The  List?

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>

>Not me either.

>But there is plenty of Molybdenum in Colorado. 2 of the  largest mines are 

>right here, the Climax and the Henderson mines.

>I even picked up a small piece on Mt Antero, very shiny, with a purple  tinge.

> 

>Maybe Matt Morgan, our Colorado geologist, can come up with an  explanation.

>

>Anne M. Black

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