tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post4499919765294683973..comments2024-03-18T20:24:18.935-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Micrometeorite candidatesAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-86682097224386272752014-10-22T06:25:08.867-05:002014-10-22T06:25:08.867-05:00Dr. Pruss,
I recently saw this and was quite excit...Dr. Pruss,<br />I recently saw this and was quite excited. I have been wanting to find a meteorite for a long time. So I put my ten rare earth magnets, that look a lot like the ones you pictured, on a cookie sheet and went trolling over my back lawn for about ten minutes and found four of them! Then I put my micrometeorite trap in an area where the breeze naturally funnels and I captured ten-fifteen in twenty-four hours. I theorized they were naturally occurring particles from the soil. Then I went to a residential construction site where excavation was happening and carefully extracted a hopefully uncontaminated soil sample. I found about one particle per cup of dirt. Then I found one that actually looked like a meteorite! Fusion crust and chondrules and big! I took pictures and sent them to a meteorite authority. He said:<br /><br />Hi Mark,<br />I cant help you here. I don't trust any micros not gathered from <br />deep polar ice layers. Too much industrial pollution (and even some testing pos for Ni).<br />Best,<br />Ken<br /><br />Hmm...really? Well it is a lot of fun anyway!<br /><br /><br /> Mark Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691324025964108341noreply@blogger.com