[Jewelry making - Article 00163] - Re: [Orchid] Meteorite and rust

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>      Hi all - I have this piece of meteorite that I have had for quite
>     sometime. I am ready to use it in a pendant, but it has rusted a
>     little ....  It has this nice lighter patternon its surface andI
>     don't want to lose it 

    Polishing it should be OK, since the pattern, if it's lots of
    crossed lines forming triangles, is caused by the crystalline
    structure of the material and therefore isn't just on the surface. 
    They're called Widmanstatten (sp??) lines.  

Tas
Earthly Wealth

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