Re: [meteorite-list] The San Pedro de Urabá meteorite fall is approved (Feb 16, 2017, Colombia)
Nice! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 8, 2018, at 8:00 PM, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list > wrote: > > This is a gorgeous meteorite. I cut a few grams off for ASU and I have 4 > slices and partslices totaling about 50 grams, and that’s it. The mass stays > intact > Michael Farmer > >> On Jun 8, 2018, at 12:45 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list >> wrote: >> >> The San Pedro de Urabá meteorite fall from February 2017 has been >> approved and published in the Met Bulletin : >> >> San Pedro de Urabá >> 8°16’44.39"N, 76°22’41.67"W >> Antioquia, Colombia >> Confirmed fall: 16 Feb 2017 >> Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) >> >> History: At 5:30 pm local time on 16 February 2017, a large fireball >> with sonic booms was observed in northern Colombia. A meteorite >> subsequently impacted near Mr. Orlando Cuevas on the edge of a soccer >> field in San Pedro de Urabá, Turbo district, Antioquia State, >> Colombia. The event was widely reported in the local media. Two other >> stones are known to have fallen, one much larger than the one that was >> collected in the soccer field, but their whereabouts are unknown. >> Michael Farmer acquired the 3768 g stone from Mr. Cuevas. >> >> Physical characteristics: Single regmaglypted stone covered with matte >> black fusion crust. Interior is a light greenish-gray and friable. Cut >> surface shows poorly defined chondrules and even distribution of small >> metal/troilite grains. Only a single thin shock vein is visible. >> >> Petrography: SEM observation of a polished mount shows scattered >> poorly defined chondrules (BO, RP, and PO) largely integrated with the >> matrix. All silicates heavily fractured. Feldspar grains typically >50 >> μm, with many around 100 to 200 μm. Troilite anhedral and dominantly >> single crystal to 400 μm. Rare anhedral Ca-Na-Mg phosphates to 60 μm. >> Chromite to 600 μm is anhedral to subhedral and heavily fractured. >> Three Fe-Ni metal types present: kamacite, dominantly single crystal >> (to 0.5 mm) with a frosty etch and weakly defined Neumann bands; >> tetrataenite, rare, commonly contiguous to kamacite; and, equant >> Ni-zoned grains with Ni-rich rims and dark-etched cores, some showing >> kamacite spindles. Native Cu is rare and occurs as <10 micron grains >> at kamacite/troilite boundary. Scattered and rare melt pockets to 60 >> μm. >> >> Geochemistry: Olivine Fa25.1±0.3, FeO/MnO=47.6±1.8, n=9; low Ca >> pyroxene Fs21.4±1.2Wo1.5±0.2, FeO/MnO=28.4±1.3, n=10; Feldspars >> Or13.4±0.3Ab67.3±67.3±0.5, n=3 and Or5.4±0.1Ab84.4±0.02, n=2. >> >> Classification: Ordinary chondrite L6, S3, W0 >> >> Specimens: 32 g at ASU. Main mass with MFarmer. >> >> Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=67598 >> >> 21st Century Witnessed Falls - http://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls >> >> >> -- >> --- >> Galactic Stone & Ironworks : www.galactic-stone.com >> --- >> __ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > __ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] The San Pedro de Urabá meteorite fall is approved (Feb 16, 2017, Colombia)
This is a gorgeous meteorite. I cut a few grams off for ASU and I have 4 slices and partslices totaling about 50 grams, and that’s it. The mass stays intact Michael Farmer > On Jun 8, 2018, at 12:45 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list > wrote: > > The San Pedro de Urabá meteorite fall from February 2017 has been > approved and published in the Met Bulletin : > > San Pedro de Urabá > 8°16’44.39"N, 76°22’41.67"W > Antioquia, Colombia > Confirmed fall: 16 Feb 2017 > Classification: Ordinary chondrite (L6) > > History: At 5:30 pm local time on 16 February 2017, a large fireball > with sonic booms was observed in northern Colombia. A meteorite > subsequently impacted near Mr. Orlando Cuevas on the edge of a soccer > field in San Pedro de Urabá, Turbo district, Antioquia State, > Colombia. The event was widely reported in the local media. Two other > stones are known to have fallen, one much larger than the one that was > collected in the soccer field, but their whereabouts are unknown. > Michael Farmer acquired the 3768 g stone from Mr. Cuevas. > > Physical characteristics: Single regmaglypted stone covered with matte > black fusion crust. Interior is a light greenish-gray and friable. Cut > surface shows poorly defined chondrules and even distribution of small > metal/troilite grains. Only a single thin shock vein is visible. > > Petrography: SEM observation of a polished mount shows scattered > poorly defined chondrules (BO, RP, and PO) largely integrated with the > matrix. All silicates heavily fractured. Feldspar grains typically >50 > μm, with many around 100 to 200 μm. Troilite anhedral and dominantly > single crystal to 400 μm. Rare anhedral Ca-Na-Mg phosphates to 60 μm. > Chromite to 600 μm is anhedral to subhedral and heavily fractured. > Three Fe-Ni metal types present: kamacite, dominantly single crystal > (to 0.5 mm) with a frosty etch and weakly defined Neumann bands; > tetrataenite, rare, commonly contiguous to kamacite; and, equant > Ni-zoned grains with Ni-rich rims and dark-etched cores, some showing > kamacite spindles. Native Cu is rare and occurs as <10 micron grains > at kamacite/troilite boundary. Scattered and rare melt pockets to 60 > μm. > > Geochemistry: Olivine Fa25.1±0.3, FeO/MnO=47.6±1.8, n=9; low Ca > pyroxene Fs21.4±1.2Wo1.5±0.2, FeO/MnO=28.4±1.3, n=10; Feldspars > Or13.4±0.3Ab67.3±67.3±0.5, n=3 and Or5.4±0.1Ab84.4±0.02, n=2. > > Classification: Ordinary chondrite L6, S3, W0 > > Specimens: 32 g at ASU. Main mass with MFarmer. > > Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=67598 > > 21st Century Witnessed Falls - http://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls > > > -- > --- > Galactic Stone & Ironworks : www.galactic-stone.com > --- > __ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Big Endcuts of Pallasite SERICHO with a total of 2.5 kilo - start by $1.99 only
Dear List Members, this weekend ending on Saturday and Sunday some big Endcuts of Pallasite SERICHO with many different surfaces and olivine crystals. >From light yellow over light green to dark green and black. All mirror polished pieces start by only $1.99 without reserve price!! Many auctions still without bids! Here you can find all offers: https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_ssn=mirko66&_sop=1 Good Luck and best regards to all, Mirko Mirko Graul Meteorite Quittenring.4 16321 Bernau GERMANY Phone: 0049-1724105015 E-Mail: m_gr...@yahoo.de WEB: www.meteorite-mirko.de IMCA-Member: 2113 (International Meteorite Collectors Association) __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Bellsbank Contributed by: Ronnie Mckenzie http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=06/09/2018 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
