Re: [meteorite-list] Flattest Complete Meteorite

2010-08-25 Thread Marcin Cimala
Hi Its maybe not the thinnest meteorite specimen, but in compare to its size (width and height), its very flat and looks strange. And its oriented with rollover lipping from one side :D Gao 46g 54x41x11 mm http://www.meteoryt.net/ebay/gao-guenie_46g.jpg -[ MARCIN CIMALA ]-[

Re: [meteorite-list] Flattest Complete Meteorite

2010-08-25 Thread Steve Dunklee
I have an NWA4777 that is a nearly 4.5 cm round and about a half cm thick at 34 grams and a tringular NWA869 of 95 grams that is 6.5 cm on its longest side and wedge shaped 2cm at its thickest point but totally flat on its largest area. A cross between a piece of pie and a doorstop. If tektites

[meteorite-list] Flattest Complete Meteorite

2010-08-22 Thread bernd . pauli
Larense wrote: it is 2 x 1.3 x 0.15 cm...it weights just one gram The flattest complete meteorite in my meteorite collection is the 3.1-gram Al Mahbas pallasite individual I purchased from the Hupés. It measures 1.97 x 1.78 x 0.53 cm. Regards, Bernd

Re: [meteorite-list] Flattest Complete Meteorite

2010-08-22 Thread Alexander Seidel
Wow, that´s what´s called a flat one! The Hupés sell ´em? SCNR, good result! Alex The flattest complete meteorite in my meteorite collection is the 3.1-gram Al Mahbas pallasite individual I purchased from the Hupés. It measures 1.97 x 1.78 x 0.53 cm. Regards, Bernd

[meteorite-list] Flattest Complete Meteorite

2010-08-22 Thread bernd . pauli
Wow, that's what's called a flat one! The Hupés sell 'em? There are actually two Al Mahbas pieces in my collection, one of these came from John Birdsell and it is an endcut weighing 5.926 grams. The other piece is this flat individual with a large olivine crystal that I acquired from the