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Re: A piece of SPACE... no more.... darn it.
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Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:13:05 GMT
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I could tell right away it was slag. By the melted looking portion on the top
and the overall angular look to it. Too bad. Yeah they are very cool.
Rick (spacerocks)
In lugnet.space, Chris Giddens writes:
> Hi all,
>
> Haven't been building lately (much) due to planning and leading a mission
> trip. Well on that trip one of my college students dug up this 17 pound
> chunk of something:
> http://www.classic-space.com/spaceblog/DSC00075.JPG
> http://www.classic-space.com/spaceblog/DSC00076.JPG
> (You can look through pics 00075 - 00084 Check out the cool crystal like
> fibers in it) It was dense, metalic, attracted a magnet, and had a slight
> pull itself.
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> Well, we couldn't figure it out. SO we took it to a couple of geologists,
> one bet his lunch it was a spacerock.
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> But then we went to the Meteor expert at Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta.
> AND: Dog gone it, SLAG. :-D (18th or 19th century slag... but slag)
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> A geologist owe me a heapin cup of free lunch.
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> We were pumped, but such is life. It was fun to imagine...
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> http://www.classic-space.com/spaceblog/DSC00085.JPG
> http://www.classic-space.com/spaceblog/DSC00086.JPG
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> *stares at stars, marvels at creation... and returns to lego table*
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> Chris <><
> PS. The meteor guy at Fernbank let us look at and hold some really cool
> meteorites. Such cool stuff.
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