Re: [meteorite-list] Zacatecas (1792) on ebay

Meteorite Collectors Association) --- Michael Fowler mqfow...@mac.com schrieb am Mo, 18.5.2009: Von: Michael Fowler mqfow...@mac.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Zacatecas (1792) on ebay An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com CC: Michael Fowler mqfow...@mac.com Datum: Montag, 18. Mai 2009

Re: [meteorite-list] Zacatecas (1792) on ebay

) --- Michael Fowler mqfow...@mac.com schrieb am Mo, 18.5.2009: Von: Michael Fowler mqfow...@mac.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Zacatecas (1792) on ebay An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com CC: Michael Fowler mqfow...@mac.com Datum: Montag, 18. Mai 2009, 7:36 Thanks Jason, Don Edwards

[meteorite-list] Zacatecas (1792) on ebay

I collect ungrouped irons, and am looking for a slice of Zacatecas (1792) an ungrouped iron. The specimen on ebay:

Re: [meteorite-list] Zacatecas (1792) on ebay

Hello Mike, Indeed, that's not a piece of the more common Zacatecas (1969). See here; that iron is clearly recrystallized: http://www.nyrockman.com/museum/zacatecas-1462.htm While I haven't been able to find a picture of the etch of the Zacatecas (1792) iron, I was able to find this picture of

Re: [meteorite-list] Zacatecas (1792) on ebay

Thanks Jason, Don Edwards has a photo in the encyclopedia of meteorites, but it is not very clear. I was trying to decide if it was the re-crystalized 1969 Zacatecas or the 1792 one. I'm inclinded to think it is the 1792 Zacatecas, but there is room for confusion.

Re: [meteorite-list] Zacatecas (1792) on ebay

Hello Mike, http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/test/Zacatecas1792_don_edwards.jpg Clearly recrystallized, the piece on Don's site looks like a slice of the 1969 individual. The trouble is that if that really is a piece of the 1792 fragment, then the one on ebay isn't a piece of either