The reports of solid iron individuals are credible:) I have one (the largest at 136 grams) and I know of 5 others. Katol is an enigma and news should be out soon. Michael Farmer
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2013, at 11:36 AM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" > <meteoritem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi List, > > Last night I heard something puzzling. > > A collector/scientist that I know says that he read a paper published > by GSI that claims Katol is an H5 chondrite. I asked him for a link > to the paper or more info on it, and I am still waiting to hear back > on that. > > In the meantime, this has me wondering. I have seen a lot of H5 > chondrites over the years. I have seen fresh H5 falls and weathered > H5 NWA stones. I have never seen an H5 (or any H-chondrite) that > resembles Katol. I have a hard time believing that this meteorite is > an H. The pieces I have seen (many, ranging in size from crumbs to 2+ > grams, whole and fragments) do not look like chondrites at all. I > have heard reports of specimens that have chondrules, but I have not > seen any. I also heard reports of a specimen that is entirely metal > and another one with crystalline inclusions. If those reports are > credible, and based on the green matrix and crystalline texture, then > I doubt this is an H-chondrite. > > Does anyone have a link to this GSI paper or more info about it? > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > ------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list