Dear All,
So what will be the opinion when an iron or pallesite comes out of there?
Two or three different chondrites you say and we will call them all H5
regardless of the LL5 to H5...mmmseems like there needs to be a
bunch more classification to do to me. With out classification, maybe
they are not unlike some NWA's...orphans from a known location?
Not to feed the ducks,
Dave Freeman
John Birdsell wrote:
Hello everybody. This is just to clear up some confusion that has
arisen regarding meteorites recently found in the Franconia wash
region east of Kingman, AZ. As a number of you already are aware,
there have been a number of new Chondrites found in the region loosely
referred to as "Franconia wash". These appear to range in composition
from LL5 to H5. We have at least two and perhaps three different
Chondrites from this region (none of which have been classified as of
yet). Bob Verish has one of these meteorites which has been
classified as an (H5) and given the name 'Franconia'. In a recent
posting Bob stated that only his stone can "be properly called
Franconia". We are assuming that he meant that only his stone can
properly be called the Franconia 'type specimen'. As with any
meteorite fall, all individual members of that fall are both
individually and collectively referrred to by the name given to the
type specimen, in this case 'Franconia'. We have posted on our
website (http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com) several slices from an
individual found in the Franconia wash strewn field by Jack Schrader,
which we stated was unclassified and which appears to be extremely
similar to the Franconia slices posted by Bob Verish
(http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/mrf/franh5-g.jpg). Please
compare these slices and draw you own conclusions. It is of course
possible, though not very likely, that two very similar meteorites
fell in the same strewn field. If indeed these are from the same fall,
then they should of course all be referred to as 'Franconia'. If they
are from a different fall, then they represent a New, and as yet
unclassified, Arizona chondrite. In either case, this is an exciting
find, and once the classification of these chondrites is verified we
will update everyone. This might be a good opportunity to get a nice
slice from a new Arizona Chondrite while the prices are still
reasonable. If anyone has any questions please feel free to email us.
Thanks
John & Dawn
Arizona Skies Meteorites
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