<html><div style='background-color:'><P>Georgia is rich in Iron ore mining/smelting.I just yesterday was given some black glassy chunks.I thought hmmmm..Impact material/tektite?..I mean these chunks are Huge!..I just today did the test described on Norms site "the Tektite Source"..with an oxy/acetylene torch.I didn't froth up like pic 1,but instead looks like pic 2..I held the torch there for more than a minute..and it reached Incandescent stage,,blinding hot.I don't know what to think of this material,the largest chunk I picked up today,weighs,an astounding 14 pounds!...(and that was just a chunk off a much bigger peice) Alot of this material has <A href="mailto:lechatelierite">lechatelierite</A> threads.<BR>It also has microscopic Iron Spherules,along with bigger chunks of Iron,some looking like Sikhote-Alin material.(sculpted Shrapnel).Color is a light yellow to a light green,but
looks black,</P>The veiw inside these, show bubbles with what I take as bubble trails,the Bubbles get bigger as they approach the surface.Any Ideas?..I just bought a cheap Kodak Digital cam..and will take some pics tomm,then I'll get them developed and put on a cd. Best regards,<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV>Kevin W.L.Decker</DIV>
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From: <I>Impactika@aol.com</I><BR>To: <I>korotev@wustl.edu, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [meteorite-list] EBAY Slag for sale</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:35:37 EDT</I><BR>>Colorado is very rich in slag too.<BR>>For nearly a century CF & I operated a large smelter just south of Pueblo.<BR>>There are still "hills" of slag all around it. And slag was found to be cheap<BR>>and very practical to build the under-laying layers of roads and rail-road<BR>>tracks, it is solid and does not shatter in winter.<BR>>Result: it is everywhere!<BR>>And I am regularly handed some at local mineral shows.<BR>><BR>>Anne M. Black<BR>>_www.IMPACTIKA.com_ (http://www.IMPACTIKA.com)<BR>>_IMPACTIKA@aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA@aol.com)<BR>>President, I.M.C.A. Inc.<BR>>_www.IMCA.cc_
(http://www.IMCA.cc)<BR>><BR>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>>In a message dated 7/6/2007 8:53:47 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,<BR>>korotev@wustl.edu writes:<BR>>At 14:59 05-07-07 Thursday, STARSANDSCOPES@aol.com wrote:<BR>> >I don't know why this slag tests positive for nickel, but it does!<BR>><BR>><BR>>People have been making iron and disposing of the<BR>>waste for several hundred years in this area and<BR>>much of the US. The most common kinds of local<BR>>meteorwrong I encounter are hematite nodules -<BR>>iron ore - that weather out of the local<BR>>limestone. This stuff has been used as feed<BR>>stock for mom-and-pop iron smelting operations in<BR>>the Ozarks since the 1800's. As Tom Phillips<BR>>said, the processes were not as efficient as<BR>>today, so a lot of iron metal
was left<BR>>behind. People have brought us all kinds of<BR>>glassy stuff with metal in it, one of which even had the imprint of a bolt:<BR>><BR>>http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/m026.htm<BR>><BR>><BR>>Two months ago a fellow came to my office with<BR>>the ugliest 60-lb chunk of iron I've ever<BR>>seen. He'd dug it up while "grub hoeing" in<BR>>south St. Louis Co. There was no smooth surface,<BR>>it was very rusty, and it was full of<BR>>cavities. It didn't "look like" an iron<BR>>meteorites to me, but I have no experience with<BR>>iron meteorites that have been in the ground for<BR>>100's to 1000's of years, so I really don't know<BR>>what to expect. In a post 2 months ago, Eric<BR>>Twelker said "Those of us who are lucky enough to<BR>>have hundreds or thousands of meteorites pass<BR>>through our hands possess a store of
knowledge<BR>>that has real value to academics that havenšt had<BR>>this experience." I agree, and I wish I had that knowledge!<BR>><BR>>I neglected to get a photo of the thing. I did a<BR>>quick nickel test, though, with one of those<BR>>nickel allergy test kits and got a positive<BR>>result*. So, I cut a piece off and analyzed it<BR>>for the Fe, Ni, Co, Au, and Ir. Strange results:<BR>><BR>> >Fe 89%<BR>> >Ni 600 ppm<BR>> >Co 62 ppm<BR>> >Ir 1 ppb<BR>> >Au 12 ppb<BR>><BR>>The object cannot be a meteorite because the<BR>>concentrations of Ni and Co are 100x too low for<BR>>metal in any kind of meteorite. Yet, the<BR>>concentrations of Ni, Co, Ir, and Au are all<BR>>higher that I would expect for iron smelted from<BR>>iron ore. More weird is that the relative<BR>>concentrations of those elements (ratios) are
not<BR>>out of line for an iron meteorite. It's as<BR>>though the metal is 1% iron meteorite and 99%<BR>>pure iron. I don't know what this thing is.<BR>><BR>>Similarly, a fellow from Colorado sent this photo<BR>>and a small sample a couple of years ago:<BR>><BR>>http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/m122.htm<BR>><BR>>It is also a a man-made piece of iron, but one<BR>>with far more Ni and Co than in any iron oxide ore I've ever analyzed.<BR>><BR>> >Fe 90%<BR>> >Ni 2590 ppm<BR>> >Co 131 ppm<BR>> >Ir <14 ppb<BR>> >Au 85 ppb<BR>><BR>>I don't get it.<BR>><BR>>Randy Korotev<BR>><BR>><BR>>* Note that the dimethyl glyoxime [DMG] test for<BR>>Ni is very sensitive. If it gives a positive<BR>>result for 600 ppm Ni, then it is too sensitive<BR>>to really be of much use in
distinguishing<BR>>meteoritic metal from terrestrial metal. A<BR>>negative result should be helpful, however, if the test is done correctly.)<BR>>______________________________________________<BR>>Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<BR>>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.<BR>>______________________________________________<BR>>Meteorite-list mailing list<BR>>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com<BR>>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMBENUS/2743??PS=47575" target="_top">Missed the show? Watch videos of the Live Earth Concert on MSN.</a> </html>