Well... Congratulations Carl. You are the first to let the Cat out of the proverbial bag. The find (and just a reminder as I have seen some posts, I never said it was a cold one) is a pairing with Cat Mountain and I hope the MetSocCom will approve Cat Mountain 001.
It was spotted fifteen minutes into an eyeball hunt on Snyder Hill in late March not far from the published location of the original find of the late Mr. William Goldup in the early 1980's. The area is now extremely trashy and too popular with the kids on bikes and ATVs. Heavily used dirt paths all over and a four lane paved road and a subdivision within spitting distance. Someone with better skills than mine, with a VLF tech detector, might be able to work subsurface and do some good as this meteorite has substantual metal. The hill has been worked hard since this find by several hunters with just a few grams of unrelated chondrite found. Good luck to anyone else going on it. The interior is a little darker than the exterior and all the white you see is metal. The interior is as dark as a carbonaceous chondrite. The best way to describe the exterior is igneous melt with all kinds of blebs and layers..just like slag. This rock got hammered hard, and repeatedly, in its cosmic life. That's why the classification carries an S3 to some of it S5 description. Best for a nice Sunday, Guido Extensive hunts over the past ninety days have turned up a few grams of what appears to be an unrelated chondrite. -----Original Message----- >From: cdtuc...@cox.net >Sent: Jul 30, 2011 10:15 PM >To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com, Count Deiro ><countde...@earthlink.net>, wahlpe...@aol.com, majbaerm...@web.de >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SLAGADOCIOUS / Interior photo? > >Guido, >Wow and congrats. >Looks a lot like Cat MT. in every way. Also an IMB but, I too have questions >if you would be so kind to answer. >In the picture are the white inclusions Metal or silicate material? Also, in >Cat MT. the interior is as dark as the crust. Is yours the same as well or is >there a distinct fusion crust color change? >Thanks. >Carl >-- > > > > > >"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty >is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote". > > > > > > > > > >---- Count Deiro <countde...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> Sure. Sonny, > >I don't have a problem with showing the interior cut surface. Here is a pic of >the 22.5 gram full slice that was sent in for classification...and appraisal. > >http://i1090.photobucket.com/albums/i361/Airmuseum1/OCL5WOS---3-23-11.jpg > >Count Deiro >IMCA 3536 > > >-----Original Message----- >>From: wahlpe...@aol.com >>Sent: Jul 30, 2011 4:32 PM >>To: majbaerm...@web.de, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SLAGADOCIOUS / Interior photo? >> >> >>>Hm, this meteorite really looks somehow strange and atypical. >> >>It is very strange. Could you post pictures of the interior cut surface >>showing the whole meteorite next to the scale cube? >> >> >>Sonny >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Matthias Bärmann <majbaerm...@web.de> >>To: Count Deiro <countde...@earthlink.net>; meteorite-list >><meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >>Sent: Sat, Jul 30, 2011 11:30 am >>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] SLAGADOCIOUS! >> >> >>These are great news, Count, congratulations! It's a - welcome, I guess >>;-) - remuneration for your persistence. Hm, this meteorite really >>looks somehow strange and atypical. But, as we can see: we'd never be >>too sure.Wish you lots of pleasure with your new guest from the >>skies,best,Matthias----- Original Message ----- From: "Count Deiro" >><countde...@earthlink.net>To: >><meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 >>11:47 PMSubject: [meteorite-list] SLAGADOCIOUS!> Had a bit of trouble >>posting this, so excuse me if it's a duplicate...or a > triple!>> Hello >>Listees,>> Last month, some may recall that I sent out photos depicting >>a suspicious > looking 108 gram find made 3/23/11 and asking for >>opinions. The general > consensus was terrestrial and probably slag. I >>agreed initially with my > respected and more experienced colleagues, >>but curiosity over traits that > could be seen only by having the >>specimen in hand overcame my cheapness > and I sent 22+ grams off to be >>classified.>> Today, I am pleased to announce that the unusal slag like >>exterior > concealed an extremely fresh (WO/.1) L5 OC with an uncommon >>petrography. > Efforts are under way to recover additional finds in the >>field, so I pray > indulgence until we release the location which is in >>the western USA.>> >>http://s1090.photobucket.com/albums/i361/Airmuseum1/METEORITE%20FINDS%202/>> >>Their out there....good hunting,>> Count Deiro> IMCA 3536>> >>______________________________________________> Visit the Archives at > >>http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html> >>Meteorite-list mailing list> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list>> __________ >>Hinweis von ESET Smart Security, Signaturdatenbank-Version 6337 > >>(20110730) __________>> E-Mail wurde geprüft mit ESET Smart Security.>> >>http://www.eset.com>>> __________ Hinweis von ESET Smart Security, >>Signaturdatenbank-Version 6337 (20110730) __________E-Mail wurde >>geprüft mit ESET Smart >>Security.http://www.eset.com_____________________________________________ >>_Visit the Archives at >>http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.htmlMeteorite-list >>mailing >>listMeteorite-list@meteoritecentral.comhttp://six.pairlist.net/mailman/li >>stinfo/meteorite-list >> >>______________________________________________ >>Visit the Archives at >>http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >______________________________________________ >Visit the Archives at >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
