Well yeah we know its got iron mixed in. but there is another metal there. I would hate to think it was nickel and you powdered a good rock that needed to be sliced. Even some of the rocks i get here and the one full of gold wires in my pic are magnetic. I think my material is hematite. But when people say to do a scratch test, they dont realize the exteriors of very old meteorites also break down to hematite and leave dark streaks. A specific gravity test really doesnt help because they are the same as most earth rocks except for having a greater portion of nickel. A greater portion of iron can skew that test. When the earth was molten all the nickel went down into its iron core. That is why the nickel test is 97% positive. Space rocks still have their nickel at greater than 6%.
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Well yeah we know its got iron mixed in. but there is another metal there. I would hate to think it was nickel and you powdered a good rock that needed to be sliced. Even some of the rocks i get here and the one full of gold wires in my pic are magnetic. I think my material is hematite. But when people say to do a scratch test, they dont realize the exteriors of very old meteorites also break down to hematite and leave dark streaks. A specific gravity test really doesnt help because they are the same as most earth rocks except for having a greater portion of nickel. A greater portion of iron can skew that test. When the earth was molten all the nickel went down into its iron core. That is why the nickel test is 97% positive. Space rocks still have their nickel at greater than 6%.
Thanks Mike it was one hell of a Ride Disneyland has nuthing like it I'll be back at it tomarow
haha FlourMike
IT'S MAGNETIC !!!!!!!
I think we lost him. Must just be smoking tire tracks between his place and the lumber yard getting claim posts lol
Here Spur, I'll shine that quarter up for ya.
If its silver ore even in crude form it will get a shine to it.
Yes. Same thing.
Can I use firewood ash ?
Will they get shiny with cigarette ash?