On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:23:32 GMT, Lew Hartswick
wrote:


Looks like allthe ones I know are already answered.
I thought the metal in the "fire starter" was called
"Mischmetal". I don't think it is plain magnesium.

I don't know about that. When my husband gave me one, he said it was
magnesium, but neither he nor I are metallurgists. All I know is how
to use it.g