Fellow Listoids, Sorry if this post comes thru twice. I sent it yesterday and it failed to show up in the digest.
G ----- My favorite meteorite in my 'never sell' collection is an unclassified NWA I received in late 2005 or early 2006. It is half of an individual with exceptional primary crust and spectacular oriented flowlines. It also features a gigantic chondrule. The fractured face is lightly secondary melted and shows a lot of detail. The primary crust can be seen edge on in the fractured face. It is quite thick. I thought about polishing the fractured face, but have pretty much decided against it as, to my eye, it is spectacular to behold without polishing. I may yet polish it but then again who knows. Ahhhh... the choices we have to make :) The first pic [links below] is of the primary crusted half with the chondrule and clearly shows the oriented flowlines. The second pic is of the fractured face. Pic #1 is very large so the detail shows up clearly. Pic #2 is of the fractured face and is a bit smaller than pic #1. http://www.webbers.com/meteorites/images/halfloaf5.jpg http://www.webbers.com/meteorites/images/halfloaf-lipping.jpg I look at this specimen closely almost every day and some new detail always pops out to me. What is your favorite meteorite in your collection? Got Pics? Gary Foote ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
