January 28, 2003 Greetings Mr. Adam Hupe and Fellow Meteorite Enthusiasts!
It has been a long time since I have sent anything to the list. But now I couldn't resist. Your mystery contests are really a joy and a challenge to try one's meteoritic skills at! Even though I was too late to enter your first Mystery Meteorite Contest, I still couldn't stop trying to guess its identity. Here are my assumptions for Mystery Meteorite Contest #2: Specimen #1: A brecciated, polymict R-chondrite. Weathering grade: ~2 Specimen #2: A highly shocked shergottite, probably basaltic. The shock veins have the earmarks of maskelynite. Do I see vesicles? Weathering Grade: 0-1 Specimen #3: An unusual, inclusion rich howardite, displaying a goodly number of different clasts, including possible carbonaceous material. Its overall light colored matrix, however, leans towards the eucritic end of the howardites. Weathering Grade: 0-1 Like always, I probably racked my noodle at this too long! Long strewn fields! Mark Fox Newaygo, MI USA __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
