Magnets are the best method to look for meteorites at Holbrook
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Magnets are the best method to look for meteorites at Holbrook |
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| This image: Field modification - original design had this large magnet bolted behind the wheel - this wasn't working, so a field mod moved the magnet to the front. Although this field modification worked as intended, the sand-grain-sized L6 meteorites still would not stay on the magnet ... |
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| Left image: This magnet had no problem attracting iron artifacts ... . |
Right image: ... but this magnet, now shown over an ant hill, had to be very close to the ground, but if it touched the ground, the attracted grains would fall off. |
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| Left image: Anthill with diskette for scale...most of the (micro) meteorites were found by running a small but powerful magnet just above the surface of these kinds of anthills... |
Right image: ... anthill closeup.... |
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