Found a field of meteorites in the desert

chookie2

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Nov 19, 2008
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Hi All,This is a repeat of my "todays finds post.
I was out in the desert in the Middle East where I am currently working and stumbled on a shower field about half a mile wide.It is sansdstone country ,lots of shattered sandstone and just an area of the meteorites lying there waiting for me to find !
Here's a pic of a few of them , another lot on 'Todays finds'.
I am a bit hamstrung as to cutting one to see the Widmanstätten Pattern inside to verify them. I only have a dremel with a diamond saw blade 1" ,nothing larger as this is totally unexpected and I travel light. Finding a gem cutter is almost impossible here in the Middle east (locally anyway.)
 

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Thats cool chookie!

Dont you have to etch one to see the Widmanstatten pattern on the inside after you slice it?
 

try a good quality medium toothed file
 

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