Hand magnets used by amateurs to test meteorites can damage them.

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Testing the damage hand magnets

used by amateurs do to meteorites

Bob Yirka, PhysOrg, March 11, 2023

 

The paper is:

 

Vervelidou, F., Weiss, B.P. and Lagroix, 

F., 2022. Hand magnets and the 

destruction of ancient meteorite magnetism. 

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 

p.e2022JE007464.

 

PDF of preprint of Vervelidou et a. (2002)

 

Official abstract of Vervelidou et a. (2002)

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.