If I was going to take a guess of what was in that picture I would say it looks like Galena. Not sure if this one has been suggested yet, but that what it looks like to me.
Del --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Mr EMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mr EMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, "David & Kitt Deyarmin" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 4:01 AM > Before anyone falls on their sword over this specimen, note > the gas channel/tube in the middle-- scraggy as it is, even > Na tan isn't worm eaten! > > It was my observation that, while many folks submitted lots > of candidates which I enjoyed looking over, there were many > subtle distinctions and outright differences that > didn't match. The specimen "resembled" most > of them but on closer viewing didn't "match" > any of them. The most common feature was metallic luster > but twasn't the same metallic luster on any of the > photos. > > Not trying to be pedantic but many times it is better to > look for the differences in all the features(e.g. fracture, > texture, crystal faces, etc.) It the specimens match there > will be none. > > I don't have a photo of metallic silicon handy but it > too has subtle surface differences: it has a convex, > undulating, fracture vs the flat banded fractures this > specimen shows. > > Up to this point, the gas channel most certainly points to > a smelting product(aka slag or bad run) and, I would be > comfortable saying that I know what it is not. The great > part about all the photo sharing is we now have many more > materials to compare when we are trying to identify a given > specimen. Plus I wouldn't have totally blown that > mesosiderite photo a few months back had I looked closer. > > Thanks Bunches, > Elton > > Elton > > > --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Ruben Garcia > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What bad news? You didn't think it looked like > this > > nantan meteorite? > http://www.mr-meteorite.com/nantan.htm > > To me this is the only picture that looked like > yours... > > what did I miss? > > > --- On Thu, 6/26/08, David & Kitt Deyarmin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I will relay the bad news to my friend > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
