Hi guys
Here??I have a meteorite specimen I bought from eBay more than 5 years ago .It was sold as a Zag meteorite which hit Moroccan Sahara in 1998.
Apparently there many episodes of meteorite falls there which go undeclared.
Perhaps that is why I got it.
It weighs about 7 gms and about an inch wide .
I??really think it is not a ¡°meteorwrong¡± cos
1 Brown crusty outer layer due entry into earth¡¯s atmosphere with a lighter shade within .
2 It is quite magnetic for its small size
Furthermore it¡¯s looks very similar to samples on the net .Possibly a??H3-6 Breccia.
I believe it is a stony iron /nickel silicate minerals consisting of free iron/nickel??and silica among other elements?
I examine it under a light microscope which show free metal interspersed with rock .Due to the 3 dimensional nature I focused on selected areas only
Only a thin section will reveal more .
There could also be some halide compound within??but I am not able to visualize it
My xrf analysis with Am241/Bicron X-ray detector show iron??consistent with my magnet and light microscopy
Gamma spectrometry was??negative probably due to the small size .Meteorites can be radioactive??though?
Thank you
Taray
