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To: thecodont; bigheadfred
I saw an orange meteor once. Sodium, maybe?

Dunno. Fred?

42 posted on 03/10/2012 8:11:40 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier; bigheadfred
Looked it up. The flame test says that iron would be "gold" and sodium would be "intense yellow" so it was probably one of those, more likely iron.
45 posted on 03/10/2012 8:16:37 PM PST by thecodont
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