Melita Iron Ore Project

Melita Iron Ore Project Group page to record/organize the events and progress of our project refining a chunk of iron ore.

09/11/2023

One week left in the countdown till we have a yes or no to our potential meteorite find, if it’s a yes, it means amazing things for our area. If it’s a no, the iron ore project will continue and create amazing things!

08/17/2023

Sorry folks, we are currently delayed on this project as this may be a meteorite we have uncovered. Waiting to hear back in the next 4 weeks to determine if it’s worth sending a sample for analysis.

11/22/2022

Evening yall! The iron ore project is on hold until the spring, cold temps make smelting extremely hard, we may try to make some charcoal here or there but for now we will be hibernating 😊

10/10/2022

Full barrel charcoal burn! She’s a little smoky but so far working great!

09/11/2022

Charcoal is done, yielding about 2.5lbs or 25% weight of original wood weight.

09/10/2022

Doing a charcoal cook today!! So excited to use this charcoal maker we made over 8 years ago.

Got some samples for sale if anyone is interested. These are 3oz samples of iron ore in 2oz glass bottles, a really nea...
09/09/2022

Got some samples for sale if anyone is interested. These are 3oz samples of iron ore in 2oz glass bottles, a really neat keepsake for anyone interested in the project!

$5 each

We are planning on using the ancient bloomery technique, practically it’s a large hollow clay furnace that is fueled wit...
09/06/2022

We are planning on using the ancient bloomery technique, practically it’s a large hollow clay furnace that is fueled with forced air through the bottom using bellows and the iron ore and charcoal is added in alternation through the top. (Not my drawing).

So we are going to need to harvest and clean a bunch o clay for this project, stay tuned we will show you how it’s done!

09/05/2022

Our first intro for this project.

In order to get our temperatures high enough to smelt iron ore, we need charcoal. Thankfully we built this rudimentary ...
09/05/2022

In order to get our temperatures high enough to smelt iron ore, we need charcoal. Thankfully we built this rudimentary charcoal maker many years ago.

In a process called pyrolysis we will cook wood in a semi-sealed container to 800C in the absence of oxygen, this leaves us a nice clean carbon to burn with called charcoal.

For an iron smelt the temperature will need to climb to upwards of 1800C. (For reference aluminum smelts at around 700C)

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