Re: Meteor Recovery

On Feb 26, 6:29 am, Chris L Peterson <c...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:29:50 -0800 (PST), dwhee...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Almost anywhere in the US except Oregon. But, of course, the meteorite
might be in another west coast state.

In Oregon, near Riddle, is the only US site of a nickel mine that
actually operated. Also, in John Day nickel-bloom is fairly common.
Looks like greenish quartz.

It doesn't matter where. It isn't specifically nickel, but metallic iron
with nickel content. You don't find that occurring naturally, most
especially not on the surface.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatoryhttp://www.cloudbait.com
You're right. Meteoritic material is where the first stainless steel
came from. A Mexican meteorite, I believe.

BTW, nickel-bloom is also known as chrysoprase, a semi-precious stone.

Daniel B. Wheeler
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