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I’d be interested to learn more about pre-power-tool techniques for dismantling a meteorite of that size. Do you have any reading recommendations? I’m having tr

by alwa 3y ago

I’d be interested to learn more about pre-power-tool techniques for dismantling a meteorite of that size. Do you have any reading recommendations? I’m having trouble getting much further than https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoric_iron https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteoric_iron

madaxe_again 3y ago
Honestly, I don’t know - but meteoritic iron tends to be fairly ductile, so I’d imagine hard rocks used to bash at it to gradually pinch a piece off. Actually, here’s a source - that does indeed seem to be the case. https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_a/advanced/aa_2_4.html https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_a/advanced/aa...