NWA 4716 [Provisional] Sent to Bathurst Observatory in New Zealand in March, 2007 for analysis, this meteorite has been classified by them as H6, S4, W5. Originally I reported 2.08kg as TKW. I have, today, notified them via email that, during slicing and polishing and moving stuff around, I have discovered a second container of the same batch, approximately the same weight, bringing the new TKW to 4.2kg.
Upon close inspection of the 'Rosetta Stone' [the one from which the analysis was done] clear areas of 'flecked' metal can be seen set apart from and sometimes intertwined with a beautiful 'tree-like' and 'river-like' metal inclusion pattern. The variety of the balance of this particular mix is amazing to behold from one specimen to another. They are like snowflakes - no two alike. EMP is being performed as I type and full analysis will be complete within a week or so. At that time a lodge will be made with MetSoc for NWA 4716's inclusion in their database. I know I posted about this before, but this time the TKW is correct. The Main Mass of this meteorite, along with the 'Rosetta Stone' from which the analysis piece was sliced, can be seen at; http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/nwa4716.html Gary Foote ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
