Bob, I most gratefully stand corrected. Fred, try to get to the Tucson Show. Many dealers will have some real GB's. Thanks, ken newton
Robert Verish wrote: > Thank you, Ken. > > It's appreciated to be quoted. > But if you weren't the webmaster of such an > instructional "Meteor-wrong" web site, I probably > would have deferred from offering this opinion: > > Ken, I think you have some excellent, new candidates > for your web page. > Identification hinges on whether those light-colored > grains on the exterior are quartz. Because the cut > surface is so well-polished in these images, it will > have to be disregarded for identification purposes, > since magnetite grains are nearly identical in > appearance to metal grains when they are this highly > polished. > > I find GBs to be easier to identify when the cut > surface isn't polished (the chondrules are easier to > see, as well). > > Fred, sorry I wasn't able to join you guys out at GB. > Hang in there and good luck on your future trips. > > Bob V. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > [meteorite-list] Found at gold Basin > magellon [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:11:36 -0500 > > Fred, > They certainly looked weathered enough for GBs. > As Bob Verish has so adeptly pointed out, not all GB's > are the same. See Bob's Findings: > > http://meteoritetimes.com/Issues/2002/May/index.htm > > http://meteoritetimes.com/Issues/2002/June/index.htm > > Both side shots (a&b) appear to have lots of metal > flakes [grains]. > If it looks like a duck, and you found it in the pond, > then I would say "ducky, ducky".... > Congrats, > Ken > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Here are two PICS of what I found at Gold Basin. > > They look different on the inside and out. > > Can anybody tell from the PICS if these are > > Gold Basin meteorites or not? > > http://www.pbase.com/image/11060945 > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/11060959 > > > > > > Fred > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.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
