PECK ELLIS (1979) The Fate of a Kansas Meteorite
Crater (Sky Telescope, August 1979, pp. 126-128):
Nininger was one of the few American scientists of the day who was very active
in field
studies of meteorites. The few who kept up with the subject of impact craters -
this was
the third one
I dream to find a similar one, somewhere ... if anyone has a clue
where to prospect, please share it with me, off list, other wise
I will have to charter a 380!
Bonjour Michel, hello List,
The enormous Chinguetti main mass (said to be 100 m long and 45 m high)
in the desert of Adrar
Darren wondered:
Has anyone made any guesses as to the terrestrial age of 869? I ask
because a rock that big must have produced a HUGE fireball and smoke
trail. Even with sparse populations in that area, surely people saw
it fall. Are there any folk tales or legends (or memories of old people,
Hello All,
I would like to publicly apologize to one of our list members for mentioning
his name without his prior consent and/or permission to do so. I mentioned
his name in the context of a rather unpleasant experience another list member
was writing about. The case I was referring to,
Hey, Jan before you go to bed:
maybe i should post something when there's some clear
braincells up there instead of something like this ...
Herman wrote:
ONIONITE! ...You cracked me up on that one.
Well, while we are at it, especially those list members who speak German
or understand some
Of course, this sulfate's name does not really stem from the German word
blöd, but from a German chemist whose unfortunate name happened to
be Carl August Blöde (*1773 / + 1820).
Best wishes,
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Hi Stefan and List,
My NWA 2384 (LL4) from the Hupés has a similar-looking megachondrule, only
difference is it doesn't have these alternating rings of olivine and pyroxene
mentioned below. Here's my description: Large oval yellowish-white pyroxene
chondrule measuring 18.5 x 8.5 mm with
Mike wrote:
That is no H3. I would say LL3 or LL4.
As some areas have chondrules that look very much like L3 or LL3 material
(chondrules intact and sharply delineated with hardly any matrix in between),
while have obviously undergone considerable metamorphism (chondrule rims
blurred, low
Hello Norbert and List,
You may recall the floridacoaster eBay auctions for dirt-cheap Dhofar
025 lunar specimens? If not, here's a link to a copy of one of these
auctions:
http://home.earthlink.net/%7Eebaywrong/auction/6531307234.pdf
The worst part of this whole story is that there is
Hi Jerry and List,
Small crystals in chondrite vugs are not as unusual as one might think. The two
most
famous chondrites in this respect are Baszkowka and Mount Tazerzait. They are
very
porous and have numerous vugs that are coated with druse-like clear crystals,
usually
stubby crystals of
Hello List,
Originally, orientated was only used to indicate that something inside a
meteorite
was arranged or aligned in a certain way: a preferred direction in a crystal
lattice,
in the matrix of a chondrite or in the matrix of an iron meteorite, etc.
Examples:
Borkut (L5) - elliptical
Mike Farmer wrote:
I have no Ourique left, only tiny ebay fragments I found in the crater, all
rusty.
Bucklebee, Rabimmel, Meow Martin wrote:
if they are gone, they are gone ...
Gone with the Wind said the owner of 16.66 grams of Ourique that I purchased
from
Mike Farmer back in 1999. It
Hi Geoff, Steve and List,
Moni wrote:
This is so awesome! I am speechless!
So am I. Baffled, dumbfounded, paralyzed, awed ...
Sincere congrats!!!
Steve, I am amazed and how did you know it was way down there?
Steve probably smelled it ;-)
The find, at 1,400 pounds, beats the next largest
Hello Anne and List,
Precise information about the exact bandwidth of the Widmanstaetten lamellae
would be extremely helpful. Assuming the face of the picture *is* 7 cm long,
the width of the lamellae might be about 1.7 mm. If it is from an old
collection,
it may even be a piece of an historical
Pierre-Marie wrote:
A recent study on angrite Sahara 99555 concluded to the fact that this
achondrite
was the oldest stone ever analyzed ... Can you explain me why this achondrite
(and
maybe others) were formed before primitive chondrites ?
Hello All,
Some scientists believe that angrites
Petrovich deigns to joke:
nice chondrule is a nice understatement!
It is CV3(not published yet) or at least it looks like that for me - NWA 2180
http://sv-meteorites.iol.cz/nwa2180a.jpg
http://sv-meteorites.iol.cz/nwa2180b.jpg
A double-dented metachondrule (radiating pyroxene) probably 8-10 mm
NWA 2180
http://sv-meteorites.iol.cz/nwa2180a.jpg
http://sv-meteorites.iol.cz/nwa2180b.jpg
.. and it's oval (elongated) whereas the other chondrules are mostly round!
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Joel, thank you so much for the idea of creating such a paramount magazine!
Joel, thank you so much for publishing such a wonderful, excellent magazine!
Joel, our hearts, thoughts, and our hopes for a speedy recovery are with you!
Joel, all our very best wishes and our prayers go out to you whose
Jeff N. wrote:
Now I've come across something really interesting: it appears to be a normal
shrapnel
fragment, weight 266.4 grams, except it has a very distinct impact pit and
splash rim.
It seems to me that an impact pit could only have been formed during flight,
meaning
some 'pure' shrapnel
Hello Matteo and List,
where is possible find a complete Shergotty history of
the fall? In the web I have find to much few material.
This will be difficult because information about the fall and
find circumstances is rather scanty. Here is what I can offer:
(Translation German = English, B.
Matt wrote:
Those are probably the crystal face boundaries
that have been burned out. Seen that before.
http://209.238.151.128/sa116d.JPG
Hi Jim, Matt and List,
You can even slightly notice these crystal face boundaries on the right
where they haven't burned out yet but were very close to
Hi again,
On page 1128, Buchwald calls these features octahedral parting.
On page 1129, there is a picture of a 4.4 kg fragment from impact
hole no. 30 with a fracture that follows Widmanstaetten boundaries.
Reference:
BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Iron Meteorites, Vol. 3
Andi wrote:
a very thin piece of Sikhote I bought last week at the Munich Mineral show
www.meteoritenhaus.de/img/SikhoteAlin.jpg
Beautiful, almost arrow-shaped piece. Sincere congrats! Yes, that seems to be
the same phenomenon. Judging from its real dimensions that you kindly added,
the
Hello Jeff, Greg, Martin, Lunatics, and List,
due to the very low amount of caliche and virtually no interior
staining, that he would suggest the weathering grade would be
very low, perhaps W1 if he had to apply the grade.
There are actually quite a few lunar meteorites which were given
a
A very sad Martin wrote ;-)
Not to forget Dho 910, which is very fresh, but has no separate entry in
the Bulletin :-(
But the overview of lunar meteorites that Greg mentioned does list it. Go to:
http://epsc.wustl.edu/admin/resources/meteorites/moon_meteorites_list.html
and see under
Hello Frederic and List,
What do you think about those different
kinds of DIs present in Tnz057 (C4-an)?
http://meteoriteshow.free.fr/images/b117/tan057-slices-MNHN(oct-2005)/tnz057-slice_nr7-59.3g(2-Dark_Inclusions)-web.jpg
I agree, while the bigger one looks like a real DI composed of
grainy
Hello David, Frederic, and List,
Do you have any idea why your Tanezrouft 057
is listed ...as a CK5 rather than a C4-An?
Could this be a typo? If it was a CK5, it would have to be highly
recrystallized - maybe comparable to Mike Farmer's NWA 1907 CK5
or to NWA 060, another CK5, which it
David Weir kindly wrote:
The CK-CV group designation has been the subject of some debate, as can
be seen in the paper by Greenwood et al. (2003):'Are CK Chondrites Really
a Distinct Group or Just Equilibrated CVs?'
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2003/pdf/5179.pdf
Hello List,
Just in
The Art of Collecting Meteorites (Kevin Kichinka, Book-
masters, 2005, 232 pp., $21.95, paper; available at:
www.theartofcollectingmeteorites.com).
Whenever I attend a major star party, after I visit the eyepiece and telescope
vendors, I always wander over to the meteorite dealers. Although my
Michael Cottingham wrote:
It has been a while since I have posted a sale! Maybe nearly 4 months?
Anyway, I have jumped back in the saddle and I have listed over 500 items
in my Ebay Store!
I couldn't go to Munich, ... too bad! But I found ample compensation on
Michael's
EBay page(s): Vigarano
Hi Bernd, Matteo and All,
Hello Martin, Matteo, and List,
if you look at the pic, the DI (?) appears just off of center
Yep, that's one of these DIs!
I don't see the parallel banding that Bernd
also mentions. Am I missing it, or is it absent.
I assume that it is only visible in BSE images,
Wow, sharp eyes.
Thanks, ... but I am almost blind without my glasses :-()
When contrasting the two DIs in the overall slice, there
is a distinct difference in color.
That's right! The very dark inclusion left and slightly below center
may be one of those featureless DIs, whereas this one:
Martin wrote:
just back from the show - uuuh I saw some stones
.. and ...
Bernd
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A new Dhofar-Ureilite...
Thanks a lot Martin,
If that is the new Dhofar AURE that I have recently purchased a thin
section of from Ivan Koutyrev, I can tell you it is one of the most
colorful, most fascinating ureilites I have ever seen. Alex who will
also be with the gang in Munich soon can
Hello Hanno and List,
Sincere congrats on the acquisition of this rare CB chondrite.
As I had the pleasure of examining two specimens of this rare
beauty, before they were offered to the interested collector,
I can tell you this CB keeps me puzzled.
Though Hanno clearly states that it is unlike
Sincere, humble apology, Lars, I've been made aware
of your situation. (How could I have known?) I would
help, if I could. Pete
Hi Lars, Pete, and List,
Pete, my hat (though I never wear hats) is off
to you for your prompt and immediate apology!
I would help, if I could. Pete
You can, we can.
Hello Jeff and List,
Maybe Jeff Grossman and/or colleagues would be interested in re-examining
the Selakopi and Glanggang meteorites with the more refined possibilities
that are available and applicable nowadays. More than 20 years have passed
since Fredriksson K. and Peretsman G.S. wrote in
Best wishes,
Bernd
BENOIT P.H. et al. (2000) The non-trivial problem
of meteorite pairing (MAPS 35-2, 2000, 393-417):
Abstract
Pairing is the procedure of identifying fragments of a single meteorite fall
(that were separated during atmospheric passage or during terrestrial history)
by
Sterling wrote:
The time zone for Yemen is UTC+3 hours:
The time reported is 11h 44m UTC.
Martin wrote:
According to A to Z, there was a fall named Yafa
that fell in Yemen on July 15, 2000 at 1444 hours.
Martin also wrote:
Hey Mike, Bill, Anne, anyone: is the time in A to Z local or UT?
Hello again,
How about this one: Any thoughts on the relationship
between Glanggang and Selakopi? Cheers, Martin
No thoughts but this:
FREDRIKSSON K. and PERETSMAN G.S. (1982) Glanggang and Selakopi
- Two new paired Indonesian chondrites (Meteoritics 17, 1982, pp. 78-86):
Abstract: The
On Sunday, Oct 16, Bernd wrote:
1. the HED parent body
2. the mesosiderite parent body
3. the angrite parent body
4. the NWA 011 parent body
5. the Ibitira parent body
As for the NWA 011 parent body, there is an article in MAPS
by C. Floss et al., and here is what the authors conclude:
The
Darren wondered:
Now that the opinion on Ceres has been changed from undifferentiated
to differentiated, if some of those eucrites are from C e r e s.
Hello Darren and List,
This would require the presence of olivine in eucrites as a major constituent
(which isn't the case). Ceres' visible
Hello Ibitirarians, Eucritarians and Listoids :-)
Ibitira is a basaltic eucrite, and, like all the other eucrites, was believed
to have come from the HED parent body, the asteroid 4 Vesta, but ...
according to an article by D.W. Mittlefehldt in MAPS 40-5, 2005, pp.665-677,
there are (at least) 5
Alyssa La Blue kindly wrote:
I'm happy to see this appear on the meteorite list! I am Marvin Killgore's
assistant and want to make sure that you all know where to locate this book.
Hello Alyssa and List,
Do I have a copy of this book? Of course, I do - autographed and with a special
dedication
Hello All,
In the 2005 June issue of MAPS, you'll find a book review of Marvin
Killgore's Book on Thin Sections. For those who are into thin sections
but don't have a MAPS subscription, here is a scanned copy of H.C.
Connolly's book review:
D.S. LAURETTA, M. KILLGORE (2004) A Color Atlas of
Hello Ken and List,
On strike now for 2 months. Things are hard.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you and your colleagues!
a new meteorite and I am not quite sure what it is any guesses
My first impression is that it looks like an LL4 or an LL5. Unfortunately
it looks severely weathered and
Sorry List,
Over the last few days I've been trying several times to respond
to Andrei's question privately but my mails come bouncing back as
undeliverable :-(
Hello Bernd
Hello Andrei,
I came across a meteorite named Szt. Ivany in the
Mineralogical Museum at Cluj and I cant find a word
Matteo inquired:
ok...in conclusion what new classification is portales valley?
=Portales Valley is transitional between primitive =
= (chondrite) and evolved (achondrite and iron) meteorites =
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Oops, sorry AL -- wrong subject line :-(
Matteo inquired:
ok...in conclusion what new classification is portales valley?
=Portales Valley is transitional between primitive =
= (chondrite) and evolved (achondrite and iron) meteorites =
Bernd
Michael Blood kindly wrote:
99% makes you A #1 in any sane person's book.
AL Mitterling's integrity, reliability, and honesty is 100% beyond any trace of
doubt !!!
My 100 (Euro-) cents,
Cheers,
Bernd
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Hello Harald and List,
.. and thanks for the reference!
www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2002/pdf/1264.pdf
was also found in LL6 chondrites - especially in NWA 757.
Here are some other candidates in which ringwoodite has been found:
UmbargerL3-6S6; mask.; sv; rw; shock-melted
Pete wrote (with his daughter's crayon :-)
The consensus seems to be ringwoodite.
Hello Pete and List,
Maybe it is ringwoodite that you spotted and photographed
in your unclassified NWA. As for the blue/purple something
that I found in my NWA 1584 (LL5) slice, I don't expect it
to be
Darren Garrison posted a link to a photo
of the Black Stone:
www.jesusneverexisted.com/ islam2.html
The link will only work if you type it like this:
www.jesusneverexisted.com/islam2.html
islam2 directly after the slash!
Bernd
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Hello, Chris, Sterling, Martin A., and List,
In Burke's Cosmic Debris you also find a few lines about the Paphos
meteorite: There were three temples of Aphrodite (Venus) in Asia Minor
that were connected to a meteorite: the first was at Aphaca, a sacred
place not far from Byblos, where the second
Hello Norm, Pete, and List,
Norm kindly wrote:
I don't know if it's been reported in meteorites, but if this was earth
material, my first guess would be vivianite, a hydrous iron phosphate.
It can look exactly like that (and is often photosensitive: with exposure
to sunlight it will darken
Hello again,
I forgot to mention that I found a similar-looking inclusion in my
NWA 1584 (LL5) slice when I looked at it under my microscope last
January 29.
I can send Jeff K. from Down Under a copy of the JPEG so that
he can put it on his website for everyone to look at in case they
are
Hello Matteo and List,
... and why do A. Patzer, D.H. Hill, and W.V. BOYNTON in the
Evolution and classification of acapulcoites and lodranites*
say NWA 1058 is a acapulcoite?
Because its O-isotopes are more d16O-rich than typical:
18O = 3.57%, 17O = 1.33%
This oxygen isotopic ratio plots
Martin H. wrote:
I ran a query for carbonaceous meteorites using the
COM database and came up with 36 witnessed falls
There is a total of 41 carbonaceous meteorite falls in my database:
Opotiki, C? / Tagish Lake, C2 / Gujba, CB3a / Alais, CI / Tonk, CI
Ivuna, CI / Revelstoke, CI / Orgueil, CI
Hello to all,
Hello Tom,
Tom wrote:
I'm new to meteorites and you can imagine how happy I am
to have found this mailing list. I hope my enthusiasm is
similar to that which all of you experienced when you began.
Welcome to this List, Tom !
How come you got to loving and collecting meteorites?
Chris wrote:
I just need to confirm whether any such fall was registered on this
date or thereabouts in Jamaica, to finish an article. Does anyone
have a record for one?
Anne responded:
The only Jamaican meteorite known is Lucky Hill, found in 1885.
Yep, that's the only Jamaican meteorite I
Chris wrote:
The earliest reference to it is from 1874 - a very imaginative
account, but in my experience the dates are generally chosen
for a reason.
In this case the writer was a German scientist writing
about astronomy, so I guess he knew something I didn't.
1874 ... sounds like Rose or
Hello Ingo, Confrère Pierre, and List,
I've seen a lot of weathered rocks like this in Namibia (mostly
lime-stones). But I wouldn't expect this sort of weathering in France. To
check it out put a little drop of acid (HCl 10% or less) on the surface.
Make sure, that there is no dirt on the
Hello Dirk and List,
In 211 B.C. a large meteor is said to have fallen
in an area just east of the former Ch`in state.
This may be this one in my database:
Name: Puyang
Synonyms: Dong Jun (?)
Locality: near Puyang County
Latitude: 35,43°
Longitude: 115,01°
Date of Fall: 211 B.C.
Province:
Hanno wrote:
My best guess: ... a polymict brecciated eucrite ...
Hello Folks,
If you haven't taken a look at this achondritic beauty from
NWA yet, you had better hurry. Its metallic needles are very
interesting and thought-provoking.
While Hanno is leaning toward a polymict nature of this
Hi Juris and List,
Looks almost like a little Nuevo Mercurio
but photos can be so very deceptive !
My mother was cleaning out an old storage room and found a box of mine that
said keepsakes. The box dated back to the mid 80's. In it was something of
mine I had thought had been lost along
Juris kindly wrote (in a private mail) :
Unfortunately the box did not contain the receipt. It would
have been interesting to see what I had paid for it.
One of my sales lists from David New dated Fall 1987
has these Allende specimens -- an excerpt only :
1. 18 x 13 x 09 mm / 2.5 grams / $07.50
Dead babies piled up? A third world country? And
where exactly did you see this the History
Channel?
on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, and CNN.
... he is an idiot, he is in over his head ...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This shows once again that we should stay aloof from personal opinions
or emotions
Martin wrote:
The Catalogue of Meteorite has litttle info on Blanket,
and lists no TKW. David New added up the listed weights
in known collections.
Right! Here's the info I have:
2.9 kg, Chicago, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. (main masses of 3 of the stones).
1815g, Washington, U.S. Nat. Mus. 84g,
On Monday, August 13, 2001, our esteemed list member and tektite expert,
D a r r y l F u t r e l l passed away after years of suffering But his
love for tektites, and his enjoyment of this list kept him going for over
a year and a half as he suffered many things, wrote his daughter Kathy Lee
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/August14.html
Hello Michael J., Paolo, and List,
Here is Vagn Buchwald's description of the largest mass:
The largest sample of 1,745 kg, is a shield-shaped mass, measuring
approximately 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.5 m. It is covered with regmaglypts, 4-8 cm
in diameter that
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Subject: Darryl Futrell memory (14-Aug-2005 17:37)
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Dear Norm,
I also wanted to mention that quite often Jim Kriegh (finder of Gold Basin)
and I go to the Arizonaite area near Safford, AZ and pick up the
Original Message
Subject: Darryl Futrell memory (14-Aug-2005 17:33)
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Dear Norm,
I was one of the three original mappers of the Gold Basin strewn field,
found in 1995. At some point after that, I sent Darryl a nice Gold
Hello Confrère Pierre, Norbert, and List,
MASON B. (1962) Meteorites, p. 125:
The single siderophyre is the Steinbach meteorite (also known as Breitenbach
or Rittersgrün), which has been known since 1724. It consists of a network
of nickel-iron which encloses granular aggregates of orhopyroxene
Me again :-)
Lodran and Hainholz were mesosiderites for Tschermak !
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Susan wrote:
I'm trying to find out where the Lost City, Chero-
kee Co., Ok fall on Jan 3, 1970 ended up.
= In the Smithsonian' s National Museum of Natural History
... it might be nice to get a picture for her.
= See Martin Horejsi's Accretion Desk in the August 2003
issue of
Hello Darren, Pete, Jörn and List,
... my opinion this is a fraud. This sphere rather looks like some terrestrial
ore.
My guess is that what the seller is offering is a (partially corroded) Nantan
(IIICD). partially corroded ... this would explain the lower than expected
density of the item
Bob kindly wrote:
I just wanted to ... share my excitement and photos of one of my latest
additions
to my collection. A Wellman (f) 1,453 gram endcut that I acquired from McCartney
Taylor. See photos here of this beautiful metal rich meteorite:
Hello Bob, McCartney, and List,
My Pauline and I, we were both so busy today working in our garden that
neither of us had the time to go and see if there was mail for us in our
mailbox. Well, the subject line says it all: I am just back from our mail-
box, and there they were already. Thank you,
Welcome back, Lars, and all the best to you and to your family !!!
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Jan wrote:
A friend of mine came up to me today with
the story he bought a 450 grams Italian iron
I wonder whether it's a piece of the Barbianello, unusually Ni-rich, ungrouped
ataxitic IAB-IIICD iron - *very* unlikely though but who knows. Unlikely because
there are only 860 grams and the
Steve wrote:
I have $500 to spend on a piece of esquel pallasite ...
I am looking for a 17 to 30 gram piece. Let me know
who has any in that range.
John and Dawn Birdsell (Arizona Skies) have plenty of
gorgeous Esquels - even in that and comparable ranges:
One example (although already sold):
Tom inquired:
what in the heck is a metachondrite?
Ingo responded:
... in geology Meta- stands for metamorphosis ...
Hi Tom, Ingo, and List,
I think what Tom saw was a compound word: met + achondrite
= meteorite - achondrite
Best regards,
Bernd
Hello Tom and List,
I would like to congratulate Tom on having his NWA 2905 and NWA 2906
chondrites officially classified by Ted Bunch from NAU, who is presently
writing up the classifications for these two stones.
T.E. Bunch has classified such scientifically important NWA meteorites
as NWA 032
http://www.spacerocksinc.com/July29.html
.. as if you were looking at our Milky Way under a perfectly
dark, absolutely pollution-free sky. Thanks for sharing it!
BTW, which W e l l m a n is it? Wellman (a, b, c, d, e)?
Best wishes,
Bernd
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Rob Matson wrote:
I thought the name was perfect!
Let's hope the name is not a bad omen! Yes, Apophis or
Apepi is the demon serpent of darkness and destruction.
The sun god Ra destroys the demon every morning when
dawn breaks.
You find the serpent depicted in the tomb of Onuris-cha (TT359)
Hello Steve, Rob, and List,
I know that troilite is usually found in iron meteorites,
but do stone meteorites have any troilite in them?
Here are some examples -- I'll concentrate on NWA meteorites
as many among us will probably have one or the other of these:
NWA 107, H3.7, abundant troilite
NORTON O.R. (2002) The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Meteorites, Glossary, p. 313:
Sulfide; hexagonal - a bronze-colored iron sulfide occurring as an accessory
mineral in nearly all meteorites. It is found as nodules in iron meteorites and
is often associated with graphite nodules. In chondritic
Michael wrote:
Peter, can you email the link to the list? My computer
crashed and I cant send from the one i'm on. Thank you! MJ
Peter kindly did so and wrote to the List:
Hi list, you get the link from me, because
Michaels computer crashed. Peter Marmet
Very interesting and inspiring
Darren wrote:
... a slice of NWA 1584 ... several large, high contrast aeas of troilite.
Not only high contrast ... my NWA 1584 slice has several large, mostly
globular troilite aggregates (diameter: up to 5 mm in longest dimension!).
Best wishes,
Good night,
Bernd
AL wrote:
Someone mentioned one time of putting tektites in a microwave oven for
a bit (on high) to try to determine if it is an Earth based specimen or
a possible tektite ...
Hello AL, Doug, Norm, and List,
Back in the year 2000, Jim Kriegh experimented with Apache tears and those
tektite
Hello Harold, Greg, and List,
Harold wrote (excerpt):
... just some clarification, the term pseudotachy-
lite is only valid for earth friction melt rocks !
This isn't quite true anymore because:
RUBIN A.E. (2003) Post-shock annealing and post-annealing shock: implications
for the thermal and
Paul kindly wrote/forwarded this:
Based on the information given I would concur that this is a man-made material,
probably derived from a furnace and quite possibly part of a furnace lining,
i.e.
a refractory brick that has been strongly altered by reaction with the molten
con-
tents of the
list member's portrait and the words: Bah, my diapers
are in ruin!
Still shocked and disgusted about someone openly calling another list
member an asswipe ... no, not privately but on a website for millions
of people worldwide to read and draw false conclusions !!!
Sincerely,
Bernd Pauli
Hello Bill and List,
I am curious as to whether there is more information available about the
Shirokovsky Pallasite Meteorwrong? I have read the info available at the
Met Bulletin
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=31359
but I am very interested in what earth rock/mineral this
Dirk wrote:
The Xinjiang iron is 30 tons and now located at the
Geological Museum of Urumqi. It was taken to Urumqi
in 1965. It is also called Armanty and Almaty.
Hello Dirk and List,
Here are some further synonyms for the Armanty iron:
Dzungaria
Kumisch Choi Cha
Kumys-Tyuya
Mungen Dusch
Peter wrote:
I thought that NWA 1647 is a Eucrite. Has it been reclassified?
Steve #2 wrote:
My god, what a beauty of a meteorite, NWA 1647.This thing is just like a
picture was just painted with so many colors.The shock veins in there ...
I concur with regard to the terrific shock veins of
Breccia
WASSON J.T. (1974) Meteorites Classification and Properties
(Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Appendix I,
Glossary, p. 242):
A fragmental rock type including components (the larger pieces called
xenoliths or clasts) which were previously part of another rock. In a
monomict
McSWEEN H.Y. (1999) Meteorites and Their Parent Planets
(Cambridge University Press, Glossary, p. 288):
xenolith: an inclusion of a foreign rock trapped within an igneous rock.
HUTCHISON R. (2004) Meteorites: A Petrologic, Chemical, and Isotopic
Synthesis (Cambridge Planetary Science Series, pp.
Some examples:
The Camel Donga 040 C3 chondrite is a genomict mixture
of two lithologies (with metamorphosed clasts).
The Felt (b) L3.5 chondrite is a genomict breccia; ~2/3 of the
material is L3.5, shock stage S4, and the other 1/3 is L5, S5.
The Greenwell Springs LL4 meteorite is a genomict
Chicago Steve wrote:
been wondering about the pairings of nwa 1109, nwa 2226,
and nwa 1553. Are all these 3 paired or are 2 of them...?
Steve also wrote:
I have a beautiful 58 gram slice of nwa 1553, which is unclassified.
So, how can it be paired to 1109 and/or 2226 if it is *unclassified*
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