I agree with Matteo. I do believe I see chondrules in the milky matrix. It would be great to see an image of a polished section and, better yet, a thin section.
The crust does not appear too thick. I have pieces of zag with crust that might be as thick. Cheers, Mike Tettenborn ----- Original Message ----- From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Cucchiara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 6:50 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Possible meteorite > For me is meteorite, have the matrix type Mocs or > Alfianello, probably a L chondrite. The fusion crust > is tipycal of a meteorite and the same the shock > cracks. Nice piece. > regards > > Matteo > > --- Robert Cucchiara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi List, I know you have all have been doing alot > > of meteorite > > identification lately but i would like your opinions > > on this one. I just > > returned from Mexico where i met an elderly man who > > believes he has a > > meteorite. He witnessed it fall while working in the > > hills as a miner 20 > > years ago and he says it sounded like an airplane > > approaching. They went to > > look for it and found a hole in soft terrain where > > he recovered this 470 > > gram stone. i asked him if he had searched for any > > additional stones and he > > had not. I inspected it and believe it is genuine > > but still had some doubts. > > It is magnetic and with a 10x loupe it has small > > metal grains. The brownish > > to black crust has expansion cracks but seem thicker > > than normal to me. I > > tried to convince him to give me nice sized piece > > for analysis, but he did > > not care to cut it. I was able to acquire a few > > fragments with crust (about > > 0.6 grams) that i was able to chip off fairly > > easily, so it appears to be > > some what friable. I snapped about 50 photos, so if > > anyone needs any > > additional angle off list i can provide them. I can > > acquire this stone along > > with the location of the fall if proven meteoritic. > > Any opinions would be > > apprieciated. The links are provided below. Thanks > > again Bob C. > > > > > > http://www.alamedacomputers.com/slp1a.jpg > > > > http://www.alamedacomputers.com/slp2a.jpg > > > > http://www.alamedacomputers.com/slp3a.jpg > > > > http://www.alamedacomputers.com/slp4a.jpg > > > > http://www.alamedacomputers.com/slp5a.jpg > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ===== > M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato > Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.info > International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 > MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > EBAY.COM:http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
