i have one that is 70% etched metal- i think i'm gonna break off the stone part and just call it and iron octahedrite and get rid of the guess work.
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>From: "Tom Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Robert Woolard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Portales Valley Classification Info
>Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 09:11:20 -0700
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>Hi List, back in March of 2004, I made a lot of enemies on the list for
>asking;
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>" I have to ask, was Portales Valley classified as a H6 ordinary
>chondrite because "they" were to lazy to make up a new classification? It
>would seem to me that this unique meteorite deserves it's own group instead
>of being shoved into an already existing group.
> I do not feel like we have found every type of meteorite yet, are "they
>going do this with all of them, just sticking them in existing categories,
>or will they make a new one if need be?"
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>I was called everything from an idiot to a stupid mother $#*&^# by a lot of
>people on the list for questioning the classification. I was put in my
>place, never question the scientists, if they said it was a H6 ordinary
>chondrite, then it was!
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>Just thought it was interesting . : )
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>
>Thanks, Tom
>peregrineflier <><
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Woolard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 7:21 PM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Portales Valley Classification Info
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> > Hello List,
> >
> > Well for years now, I know a lot of us were puzzled
> > by the classification of Portales Valley as an " H6
> > ordinary chondrite". (See my article in the May 2001
> > issue of Meteorite, titled " Portales Valley - A Not
> > So Ordinary (Ordinary Chondrite??)! " In the recent
> > past, the classification was modified a bit, being
> > changed to read as an " H6 Impact Melt Breccia ".
> >
> > I am excited to be able to say that there is a
> > distinct chance the true uniqueness of PV may soon be
> > reflected in a possible new moniker for this
> > intriguing meteorite. David Weir was kind enough to
> > make me aware of a new and comprehensive paper by Alex
> > Ruzicka, Marvin Killgore, David Mittlefehldt, and Marc
> > Fries in the current MAPS. In this detailed work, we
> > now have the proposed reclassification of PV as an "
> > H7, metallic-melt breccia (primitive achondrite)",
> > with the case made for a new meteorite type
> > designation of "Portalesite" due to this metallic-melt
> > breccia characteristic.
> >
> > You can read David's updated description of PV on
> > his excellent website here:
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> > http://www.meteoritestudies.com
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> > Many thanks to David for news of this exciting
> > paper, and to the authors of the paper as well.
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> > Sincerely,
> > Robert Woolard
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