Make mine with rocks and salt. Here is a pic from S-V meteorites I pulled from Pele's Europa CD of meteorites. Note the missing contraction cracks on this fragment of Ornans.
http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/ornans_sergei_vassiliev.jpg Cheers, Martin On 7/18/06, Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sure, A Margarita would be a fair wager! I like mine on the rocks! Take Care, Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Horejsi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Norwegian meteorite classification guessing game > Hi Adam, > > I agree that third-hand Internet-based visual means are an extremely > poor, unreliable, ineffective, and highly inappropriate method of > classifying meteorites. But I also agree that it is fun. > > Your scientific wild-assed guess and mine likely differ based upon our > personal experiences with meteorites. So... are you willing to bet a > margarita in Tucson on your guess? I am. > > Cheers, > > Martin > > > > > > > On 7/18/06, Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Martin and All, > > > > I don not think images are a good way to ascertain classifications but in > > this case I took a S.W.A.G. at it in the interest of fun. I think the crust > > is wrong for a CO3 because virtually every sample of a CO3 I have seen has > > very fine contraction cracks, some do not even penetrate as deep as the > > matrix. These cracks show up in detailed images. These cracks are absent in > > the enhanced image provided by a List member taken from an article on the > > new fall. The color of CO3 type crusts is usually semi-gloss black, never > > flat black like the one in the image. In my opinion, the crusts are always > > uniformly thin on a CO3 and never velvet-like and patchy. > > > > I think many feel it is a CO3 based on the numerous very small chondrules > > and not the crust. I agree the chondrules are too small for an LL, CV, CR, > > CK or even an L. They are too numerous for a CM2 which are sparsely > > populated. This leaves only CO, H or Anom types as candidates. I picked an H > > type because I have seen examples with exceedingly small chondrules, velvet > > like flat black crusts and friable matrixes. > > > > Take Care, > > > > Adam > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Martin Horejsi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: "Michael Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:46 AM > > Subject: Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Norwegian meteorite classification > > guessing game > > > > > > > On 7/17/06, Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The crust is wrong for a CO3. The famous "Out House Hammer Stone", I > > can > > > > smell history in the making! > > > > > > Hi Adam, > > > > > > In what way do you think the crust is wrong for a CO3? > > > > > > Just curious. > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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