Hi Dean and Rhett, My guess...just a regular old (but fresh) L6.
Interesting inclusions, but many L6's have cool little things going on inside them besides the L an the 6 stuff. Cheers, Martin On 3/8/02 11:23 AM, "Rhett Bourland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going totally out on a limb here and could quite easily be wrong. > Anyone at all please feel more than free to point out any errors I may make. > From what I could see in the pictures the crust doesn't really look very > glossy which would be indicative of either a howardite or Eucrite. If I'm > wrong here please correct me Dean. If it were glossy it would because of > the high calcium content so common with those types. For those same reasons > I would knock the possibility of Shergottite out as well as they are also > calcium rich achondrites. Looking through my collection I don't see any > other meteorites that seem to have the grayish color that these have. So > now that I've done my little reasoning to determine what they're not, I'll > move on to what they could be. > I have heard of troilite (a sulfur oxide which is about the same color as > the ones you pointed out) inclusions in ordinary chondrites (though I don't > remember for the life of me which ones or even what types). The nice black > crust also resembles some that I've seen on very fresh ordinary chondrites. > Dean, are there any metal flecks dispersed throughout the matrix of the > rock? I couldn't really tell from the pictures. > My best guess from what I've seen? An extremely fresh ordinary chondrite > with troilite inclusions in them. A very cool piece undoubtedly but > probably not a lunar or Eucrite. Like I said though, I could very easily be > wrong here especially considering the quality of the photos. > Best wishes, > Rhett Bourland, who's happy to take guesses at what kind of a meteorite it > is instead of having to tell someone that their rock is really a piece of > burned wood. > www.asteroidmodels.com > www.asteroidmodels.com/personal > www.meteoritecollectors.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of dean > bessey > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 4:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [meteorite-list] COOL METEORITE PHOTOS > > > I got a shipment of meteorites yesterday and included were these two. I > thought that some of you might like to see some photos which includes some > unusual gold coloured inclusions that look odd to me. I bought these two > meteorites based on a photo but they were a lot nicer than I realized. My > own photos dont do them justice. They are super cool. > I think that these two meteorites are paired with a recently classified very > unusual new type of Eucrite that we at first thought (Or at least hoped) was > a new lunar as I think that I have seen this meteorite before but I have to > compare them more and find out a little more information before I would say > that definitively. > Still, these two meteorites are just stunning no matter what they are. > I hope somebody enjoys my photos anyway. I doubt that I will get these > officially classified (Not that there is any lab time available to get > classifications for desert meteorites nowadays anyway) but these are so nice > whole that I dont feel like cutting them anyway. These are not cheap but I > am taking offers on one or both. The two combined weighs 246 Grams > See here: > http://www.meteoriteshop.com/MAR-NWA.htm > Cheers > DEAN > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list