Re: [meteorite-list] what is it?
Looks like hematite or limonite to me! Thomas --- On Sat, 2/25/12, Stuart McDaniel wrote: > From: Stuart McDaniel > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] what is it? > To: "W&S Schroer" , meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 11:55 PM > No record of it on the > Met-Bull.doesn't really look real to me. > > > > Stuart McDaniel > Lawndale, NC > Secr., > Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society > > IMCA #9052 > Sirius Meteorites > > http://spacerocks.weebly.com > -Original Message- From: W&S Schroer > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 11:18 PM > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: [meteorite-list] what is it? > > Hello listees, > > does anybody know something about this odd looking > meteorite? > > The auctioneer insists that it is a meteorite and she claims > it was sold for > $1,600. > Apparently, they have larger specimens from the same shower > and they will > offer them in upcoming sales. > > Here it is: > > http://tinyurl.com/7cl5mcj > > Cheers > > Werner Schroer > Australia > > __ > > 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
[meteorite-list] What is it?
Found this little 4.7 gram "pebble" among a parcel of unclassified NWA meteorites I purchase a few years ago from Morocco. Its' non-magnetic and when I cut it open, this is what was inside. I realize that a picture is not the final determination on what a stone is or isn't, but, any educated guesses. http://newton.acrossthebow.com/what_is_it_two.JPG http://newton.acrossthebow.com/what_is_it_one.JPG Walter L. Newton Website http://newton.acrossthebow.com/ __ 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
[meteorite-list] What is it?
Found this little 4.7 gram "pebble" among a parcel of unclassified NWA meteorites I purchase a few years ago from Morocco. It's non-magnetic and when I cut it open, this is what was inside. I realize that a picture is not the final determination on what a stone is or isn't, but, any educated guesses. http://newton.acrossthebow.com/what_is_it_two.JPG http://newton.acrossthebow.com/what_is_it_one.JPG Walter L. Newton Website http://newton.acrossthebow.com/ __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] What is it? NWAxxx???
The darkness could be impact melt or close to it (High shock). Must be an OC with the large chondrule showing. I have a slice of NWA4588 which is an L5-S5 with a matrix that looks bang on to yours. Cheers! tett Owen Sound, Ontario On 19/02/2011 6:51 PM, Jim Wooddell wrote: Hi all! This was in the pile of NWA space rocks I bought at Tucson. It is much darker in color, with less free metal and few chondrules. Any idea as to what it might be? http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org/4sale/unwa4gC.jpg http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org/4sale/unwa4gB.jpg Thanks for any input! Jim http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org __ 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
[meteorite-list] What is it? NWAxxx???
Hi all! This was in the pile of NWA space rocks I bought at Tucson. It is much darker in color, with less free metal and few chondrules. Any idea as to what it might be? http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org/4sale/unwa4gC.jpg http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org/4sale/unwa4gB.jpg Thanks for any input! Jim http://desertsunburn.no-ip.org __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] What Is It?
My bad. No problem Art. Gary On 26 Dec 2006 at 19:51, Art wrote: > Hi Gary; > > As contests like this are basically a way of promoting your website > (which I have no problem with), please put -AD- in the subject line. > Thanks. > > -Art > > On 12/26/06, Gary K. Foote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WHAT IS IT? > > > > See the pictures at http://www.meteorite-dealers.com - right side of the > > front page - > > two images of the same micrometeorite. > > > > First correct answer wins a free 3 month ad on the front page of > > meteorite-dealers.com. > > The seller and previous owners of this meteorite are exempted from this > > competition. > > > > eMail responses to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Gary Foote > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.meteorite-dealers.com > > List Your Meteorite Business for Free > > > > __ > > 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
[meteorite-list] What Is It Response
Ingo, You are right - it is a .47 gram oriented individual Gao-Guenie. Congratulations. Send me your ad graphic via private email and your URL and I will place your ad, linked to your website [or email if you prefer] on the front page free for three months. For those who missed this contest another will begin soon! Gary Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.meteorite-dealers.com List Your Meteorite Business for Free On 26 Dec 2006 at 22:50, Ingo Herkstroeter wrote: > Hi Gary! > > I'm not sure, but this could be: GAO-GUENIE (H5) from Burkina Faso > Africa. Fall: 05.05.1960 17.00 hrs. > > Best Wishes > > Ingo > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Gary > K. Foote Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Dezember 2006 21:44 An: > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: [meteorite-list] What Is > It? > > WHAT IS IT? > > See the pictures at http://www.meteorite-dealers.com - right side of the > front page - two images of the same micrometeorite. > > First correct answer wins a free 3 month ad on the front page of > meteorite-dealers.com. > The seller and previous owners of this meteorite are exempted from this > competition. > > eMail responses to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gary Foote > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.meteorite-dealers.com > List Your Meteorite Business for Free > > __ > 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
Re: [meteorite-list] What Is It?
Ingo, You are right - it is a .47 gram oriented individual Gao-Guenie. Congratulations. Send me your ad graphic via private email and your URL and I will place your ad, linked to your website [or email if you prefer] on the front page free for three months. For those who missed this contest another will begin soon! Gary Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.meteorite-dealers.com List Your Meteorite Business for Free On 26 Dec 2006 at 22:50, Ingo Herkstroeter wrote: > Hi Gary! > > I'm not sure, but this could be: GAO-GUENIE (H5) from Burkina Faso > Africa. Fall: 05.05.1960 17.00 hrs. > > Best Wishes > > Ingo > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Gary > K. Foote > Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Dezember 2006 21:44 > An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Betreff: [meteorite-list] What Is It? > > WHAT IS IT? > > See the pictures at http://www.meteorite-dealers.com - right side of the > front page - two > images of the same micrometeorite. > > First correct answer wins a free 3 month ad on the front page of > meteorite-dealers.com. > The seller and previous owners of this meteorite are exempted from this > competition. > > eMail responses to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gary Foote > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.meteorite-dealers.com > List Your Meteorite Business for Free > > __ > 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
[meteorite-list] What Is It?
WHAT IS IT? See the pictures at http://www.meteorite-dealers.com - right side of the front page - two images of the same micrometeorite. First correct answer wins a free 3 month ad on the front page of meteorite-dealers.com. The seller and previous owners of this meteorite are exempted from this competition. eMail responses to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gary Foote [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.meteorite-dealers.com List Your Meteorite Business for Free __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
RE: [meteorite-list] What is It?
Hi List. Checkout this great meteorwrong page. - See Item #34, terrestrial basalt conglomerate. Cut that and polish it, and it would probably look better than the slab this idiot has. It even looks like there is sulfur in his slab, and if you look close, there are holes, or vesicles in the matrix. That would mean a slice of pig iron (steel smelting slag), would it not? #17 is also a ringer for another rock this fraud has on another auction. I have had email discussions with him before when he was selling moon rocks he found in his yard This dude is definitely 28 days short of a full month. He cannot spell, and his conversations are not legible let him pass in the wind. CharlyV http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/meteorwrongs/meteorwrongs.h tm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norm Lehrman Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 11:01 PM To: Dave Freeman mjwy; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What is It? Slow down Dave, I didn't say it is a winner; I just don't know what it is. I can't seem to get the picture back up (I think the auction has been cancelled), but it looked to me like all the phases were very coarsely crystalline. In this case, metal or no metal, it couldn't be a basalt (which is by definition aphanitic except for possible phenocrysts). With slower crystallization, you can get gabbros and other coarsely crystalline ultramafics with segregated sulfides, but once again, the rapid crystallization leading to basalt formation has little chance to segregate anything beyond micro-blebs of sulfide. I can't believe it could be a basalt. Norm (http://tektitesource.com) --- Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Geeze Norm, I better buy it! I see 420 others have > seen the auction and > no one has bid yet. > > I have seen olivine basalt's with free iron > flakes . and larger > courtesy: Wind River glacial till, and yes they do > look like meteorites > but one highly respected meteorite person noted mine > was not meteorite > but an interesting wrong! Won't discuss my career > here but I have 15 > years of Rocky Mountain geology experience in the > field.long before > I discovered meteorites were cool. > Look closely at the pictures, these are flakes and > may not even be > iron, or even metal for that matter. Olivine flakes > will lay like that > sometimes even, comes from very slow igneous > cooling. This rock could > even be metamorphic in origin for all we know. > . Back about 1999 one of my iron specked olivine > basalt's went to Bob > Haag and from him, bypassed his discard pile and was > sent over to ASU > for a second look before determination of a very > rich iron-olivine basalt. > Tell me that if this was really a meteorite that the > seller with a feed > back of 75% and only sold three Canyon Diablo' s is > a meteorite expert. > I go with a real meteorite and a real person going > to a real meteorite > dealer and phony going with phony and going to > eBay. > Doh, > Dave pebble-pup. > > > Norm Lehrman wrote: > > >Dave, > > > >In a career working frequently with basalts, I've > >never seen megascopic free metal. I also have > never > >heard of the same. Basalts are, by nature, iron > rich, > >but for all practical purposes, most of the iron is > >present in silicate phases. This thing isn't a > >basalt. I don't have any better ideas. I think it > >might be what the seller claims it to be > > > >Norm > >(http://tektitesource.com) > > > >--- Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > > > > >>I believe that a week ago we determined this to be > a > >>crackpot. Iron rich > >>olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may > be. > >>I have some somewhere. > >>DF > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello List, > >>> > >>>Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what > >>> > >>> > >>it is? > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6538683982 &rd=1 > > > > > >>>-Larry > >>>__ > >>>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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?
Slow down Dave, I didn't say it is a winner; I just don't know what it is. I can't seem to get the picture back up (I think the auction has been cancelled), but it looked to me like all the phases were very coarsely crystalline. In this case, metal or no metal, it couldn't be a basalt (which is by definition aphanitic except for possible phenocrysts). With slower crystallization, you can get gabbros and other coarsely crystalline ultramafics with segregated sulfides, but once again, the rapid crystallization leading to basalt formation has little chance to segregate anything beyond micro-blebs of sulfide. I can't believe it could be a basalt. Norm (http://tektitesource.com) --- Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Geeze Norm, I better buy it! I see 420 others have > seen the auction and > no one has bid yet. > > I have seen olivine basalt's with free iron > flakes . and larger > courtesy: Wind River glacial till, and yes they do > look like meteorites > but one highly respected meteorite person noted mine > was not meteorite > but an interesting wrong! Won't discuss my career > here but I have 15 > years of Rocky Mountain geology experience in the > field.long before > I discovered meteorites were cool. > Look closely at the pictures, these are flakes and > may not even be > iron, or even metal for that matter. Olivine flakes > will lay like that > sometimes even, comes from very slow igneous > cooling. This rock could > even be metamorphic in origin for all we know. > . Back about 1999 one of my iron specked olivine > basalt's went to Bob > Haag and from him, bypassed his discard pile and was > sent over to ASU > for a second look before determination of a very > rich iron-olivine basalt. > Tell me that if this was really a meteorite that the > seller with a feed > back of 75% and only sold three Canyon Diablo' s is > a meteorite expert. > I go with a real meteorite and a real person going > to a real meteorite > dealer and phony going with phony and going to > eBay. > Doh, > Dave pebble-pup. > > > Norm Lehrman wrote: > > >Dave, > > > >In a career working frequently with basalts, I've > >never seen megascopic free metal. I also have > never > >heard of the same. Basalts are, by nature, iron > rich, > >but for all practical purposes, most of the iron is > >present in silicate phases. This thing isn't a > >basalt. I don't have any better ideas. I think it > >might be what the seller claims it to be > > > >Norm > >(http://tektitesource.com) > > > >--- Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >wrote: > > > > > > > >>I believe that a week ago we determined this to be > a > >>crackpot. Iron rich > >>olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may > be. > >>I have some somewhere. > >>DF > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello List, > >>> > >>>Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what > >>> > >>> > >>it is? > >> > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6538683982&rd=1 > > > > > >>>-Larry > >>>__ > >>>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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?
Larry, Dave and List, Greg Baumgartner (4263greg) has an ebay history of selling rocks as meteorites. He sold his 'Meteorite Eartharight Stones' on ebay back in March. You may remember, he described the stones as meteoritic and terrestrial. He then progressed to the hard-core fakes: "Meteorites Stony Iron Pallasite Californian#1" Series and the " Stoney iron meteorite, Metal Olivine Mix " Series. These auctions prompted no little discussion. The price on his current item (a slice - no weight given) has dropped from $100,000 to $10,000. Is it real? Mr. Baumgartner says it is, but that is what he said about all his other auctions. If it is real, it is a shame that it came to be in the possession of a dishonest seller who lacks the foresight to have it properly tested. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6515748314 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6518822641 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6518820774 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6509179345 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6509170456 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6538683982 best, Ken IMCA #9632 http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/updates.html Dave Freeman mjwy wrote: I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a crackpot. Iron rich olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. I have some somewhere. DF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6538683982&rd=1 -Larry __ 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 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?
I am not sure but I think that one of the iron rich olivine basalts I speak of is on Tim Heinz meteorwrong page from a few years back. Dave F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, List, I must've missed that thread. There certainly seems to be a hint of crackpotedness for sure! The rock is very interesting however, I've never seen anything like it before. Do you have any pic's Dave? Thanks, Larry -Original Message- From: Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:53:00 -0600 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What is It? I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a crackpot. Iron rich olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. I have some somewhere. DF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category239&iteme38683982&rd=1 -Larry __ 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 __ 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
Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?
Dave, In a career working frequently with basalts, I've never seen megascopic free metal. I also have never heard of the same. Basalts are, by nature, iron rich, but for all practical purposes, most of the iron is present in silicate phases. This thing isn't a basalt. I don't have any better ideas. I think it might be what the seller claims it to be Norm (http://tektitesource.com) --- Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a > crackpot. Iron rich > olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. > I have some somewhere. > DF > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Hello List, > > > > Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what > it is? > > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6538683982&rd=1 > > > > > > > -Larry > > __ > > 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 > __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?
Dave, List, I must've missed that thread. There certainly seems to be a hint of crackpotedness for sure! The rock is very interesting however, I've never seen anything like it before. Do you have any pic's Dave? Thanks, Larry -Original Message- From: Dave Freeman mjwy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 18:53:00 -0600 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What is It? I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a crackpot. Iron rich olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. I have some somewhere. DF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category239&iteme38683982&rd=1 -Larry __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What is It?
I believe that a week ago we determined this to be a crackpot. Iron rich olivine basalt is my blind guess at what it may be. I have some somewhere. DF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List, Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6538683982&rd=1 -Larry __ 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
[meteorite-list] What is It?
Hello List, Anyone checked this out in person? Any idea what it is? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=6538683982&rd=1 -Larry __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What is it??
Hello All, A few years ago I traveled to Meteor Crater with my father and older brother. While we were there we did stop a few (~5-10) miles from the crater, on public land near the highway. While there we found an excellent ammonite, en matrix and a couple of small impactite specimens. They are exactly as Nininger described them (on page 119 of "Arizona's Meteorite Crater." They are nearly opaque and the interior is slightly lighter in color than a dark green bottle, the exterior surface exhibiting a grey/black crust of fused sand (the desert varnished one is grey, the formerly buried one is still black). While I was working at the UCLA meteoritics lab the next summer I took one up to get it set in epoxy and cut. The cut surface revealed a small number of tiny shiny flecks of metal. If there's anyone out there willing to make a thin section of it for me, please contact me -- as long as it's not too expensive I should be able to afford it. It's already prepared for grinding -- I made a pretty thin parallel slice. If I have a thin section made I can get it looked at by some of the folks up at UCLA with some seriously high tech equipment and they should be able to define its origin. I can give pictures to anyone who wants them -- I have no idea how to put pictures on a site, or a site to put them on for that matter. Jan's specimen could be impactite, however perfectly clear glass would point to a removal of all (or nearly all) impurities before smelting suggesting that it is a man-made artifact. Also, definition of "flow lines" on the surface would have to have been caused by etching from acid from the ground -- a piece of silica would never survive for that long unchanged on the surface of the desert. Most ~5 year old bottles in the Mojave show minor pitting due to sandblasting. A piece of glass that old and in such good condition would have to have been buried, and therefor exposed to acids in the ground. Many indochinites display etching that did eat away at slightly less resistant internal layers, creating the illusion of flow lines when in fact the internal structure is what is really visible. So...it is possible that Jan's piece of glass is in fact an impactite, however, its color and complete transparency point towards a man-made form of creation. Regards, Jason On Apr 10, 2005 9:49 PM, E. L. Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually folks..there IS a glass impactite found at Meteor Crater. I > have read the research long ago but not sure Iremember what it looks > like. I even think HHN wrote about it. > > Elton > > Jan Bartels wrote: > > >Hi List, > > > >A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the > >crewmembers gave us a private rim tour. As a kind of wedding gift he gave > >us this piece of glass like material which he found on the rim some > >thirteen years ago . It has some grayish flakes included and even clearly > >visible flowlines. It has a kind of tektite like exterior. It is no > >fulgurite for sure but what is it?? > > > >Anyone who can help us with this?. I haven't seen any of this before. > > > >http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glassz.jpg > > > >http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glass2z.jpg > > > >Thanks!! > >Jan > >www.heavenlybodies.nl > >IMCA# 9833 > > > > > > > >__ > >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 > __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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I'm pretty sure I have some of this meteor crater glass. A friend of mine visited the crater a couple years ago and he found a brown bubbly rock with small white chunks in it that weakly sticks to a magnet. Mark Bostick sent me a piece of monturaqui impactite to compare and they do seem quite similar except that the meteor crater specimen has smaller bubbles and isn't as shiny. There's a picture of it here: http://www.geocities.com/aerolitehunter/impact.html (top left picture) ~ Graham Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.geocities.com/aerolitehunter msn messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:06 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What is it?? Elton noted: "Actually folks..there IS a glass impactite found at Meteor Crater. I have read the research long ago but not sure Iremember what it looks like. I even think HHN wrote about it." You are correct Elton, but the impactite looks like Monturique impactitewhich is also glass. when you melt just about any two or more rocks together you get glass. Not window glass, but glass. Michael is correct on it being burned trash. This was a bunch of it on the side of the storage hill a couple of years ago. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.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
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Elton noted: "Actually folks..there IS a glass impactite found at Meteor Crater. I have read the research long ago but not sure Iremember what it looks like. I even think HHN wrote about it." You are correct Elton, but the impactite looks like Monturique impactitewhich is also glass. when you melt just about any two or more rocks together you get glass. Not window glass, but glass. Michael is correct on it being burned trash. This was a bunch of it on the side of the storage hill a couple of years ago. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Actually folks..there IS a glass impactite found at Meteor Crater. I have read the research long ago but not sure Iremember what it looks like. I even think HHN wrote about it. Elton Jan Bartels wrote: Hi List, A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the crewmembers gave us a private rim tour. As a kind of wedding gift he gave us this piece of glass like material which he found on the rim some thirteen years ago . It has some grayish flakes included and even clearly visible flowlines. It has a kind of tektite like exterior. It is no fulgurite for sure but what is it?? Anyone who can help us with this?. I haven't seen any of this before. http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glassz.jpg http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glass2z.jpg Thanks!! Jan www.heavenlybodies.nl IMCA# 9833 __ 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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It's a nice souvenir whatever it is. Maybe a campfire remnant from the Barringer crew. All the best, Bill -- Original message -- From: "Jan Bartels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi List, > > A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the > crewmembers gave us a private rim tour. As a kind of wedding gift he gave > us this piece of glass like material which he found on the rim some > thirteen years ago . It has some grayish flakes included and even clearly > visible flowlines. It has a kind of tektite like exterior. It is no > fulgurite for sure but what is it?? > > Anyone who can help us with this?. I haven't seen any of this before. > > http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glassz.jpg > > http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glass2z.jpg > > Thanks!! > Jan > www.heavenlybodies.nl > IMCA# 9833 > > > > __ > 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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Hello Jan and Congratulations on your marriage! What a wonderful place to have the ceremony. Best wishes to you and your new wife! -John & Dawn --- Jan Bartels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi List, > > A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor > Crater one of the > crewmembers gave us a private rim tour. As a kind of > wedding gift he gave > us this piece of glass like material which he found > on the rim some > thirteen years ago . It has some grayish flakes > included and even clearly > visible flowlines. It has a kind of tektite like > exterior. It is no > fulgurite for sure but what is it?? > > Anyone who can help us with this?. I haven't seen > any of this before. > > http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glassz.jpg > > http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glass2z.jpg > > Thanks!! > Jan > www.heavenlybodies.nl > IMCA# 9833 > > > > __ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Arizona Skies Meteorites __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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Hate to tell you this, but I have found pieces of the same stuff around the crater, it is molten glass from burning garbage long ago. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: "Jan Bartels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:35 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] What is it?? Hi List, A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the crewmembers gave us a private rim tour. As a kind of wedding gift he gave us this piece of glass like material which he found on the rim some thirteen years ago . It has some grayish flakes included and even clearly visible flowlines. It has a kind of tektite like exterior. It is no fulgurite for sure but what is it?? Anyone who can help us with this?. I haven't seen any of this before. http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glassz.jpg http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glass2z.jpg Thanks!! Jan www.heavenlybodies.nl IMCA# 9833 __ 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
[meteorite-list] What is it??
Hi List, A few weeks ago when we got married at the Meteor Crater one of the crewmembers gave us a private rim tour. As a kind of wedding gift he gave us this piece of glass like material which he found on the rim some thirteen years ago . It has some grayish flakes included and even clearly visible flowlines. It has a kind of tektite like exterior. It is no fulgurite for sure but what is it?? Anyone who can help us with this?. I haven't seen any of this before. http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glassz.jpg http://www.heavenlybodies.nl/mercurius/images3/glass2z.jpg Thanks!! Jan www.heavenlybodies.nl IMCA# 9833 __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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