Indeed, while going through 250 kilos of NWA 869's last week, a friend of mine picked out an achondrite, we thought was Lunar, but after a day of microprobing has proven it to be something else, very rare but not planetary. It almost went to China to be turned into beads! It pays to painstakingly peruse your junk boxes for hidden goodies. Michael Farmer
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/18/2007 6:25:33 P.M. Mountain > Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi all, > I'm not looking for details such as location, type, > or any of that > but, I need a meteorite hunting success story fix. > Anyone have a > recent one they would at least acknowledge on list? > > Coming up empty-handed so far this year... Michael > Murray > > Hi Mike and list, I have been getting my fix with > all these Moroccan > meteorites hitting the market. I could be wrong > but it seems as if the meteorite > supply chain is temporarily over whelmed and real > good stuff is ending up in > unsorted batches. I have had good luck and am > wondering if others have noticed > the same thing? > > Perhaps some of the big players could confirm this > or set me straight. > > Tom > > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > ______________________________________________ > 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
