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by IronKnees
Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:04 pm
Forum: The Science Labs: Participate in Citizen Science or Smartphone Science
Topic: Collecting Micrometeorites (just starting)
Replies: 9
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Re: Collecting Micrometeorites (just starting)

Thanks! Here is another candidate I found yesterday while looking at some collected about a week ago during a snow.
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by IronKnees
Wed Dec 08, 2010 11:39 pm
Forum: The Science Labs: Participate in Citizen Science or Smartphone Science
Topic: Collecting Micrometeorites (just starting)
Replies: 9
Views: 5798

Re: Collecting Micrometeorites (just starting)

Thanks RJN for the reply. Let me ask you this. I have had little success at finding photographs of known micrometeorites. Would you happen to know of a website that has pics that I could use simply as a visual comparison? By the way, the method I came up with for collecting is a two quart wide-mouth...
by IronKnees
Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:23 pm
Forum: The Science Labs: Participate in Citizen Science or Smartphone Science
Topic: Collecting Micrometeorites (just starting)
Replies: 9
Views: 5798

Collecting Micrometeorites (just starting)

Hi all, I'm new to the forums and wanted to share a couple of things. I just began collecting potential micrometeorites a couple of weeks ago. I purchased a rare earth magnet and a microscope. I seem to have narrowed down a good way to catch them, either in rain or snow, and wanted to share a couple...