[meteorite-list] Mystery Meteorite Contest II

[Adam Hupe]

Dear List Members, It is our pleasures to announce mystery meteorite contest number two. The rules will be a little different this time. New rules: Only one entry per member. Last time we personally responded to over 240 entries and encouraged members to guess as many times as possible. The problem with the old way is we felt guilty that some people were staying up all night trying to guess. Some had to go to work the next day without sleep. The object of these contests is to provide fun and knowledge. There is always going to be a lesson learned. Last time it was researching the Antarctic collection. Please post under this string to the list. This way there will be no question about who gave the correct answers first. Nobody guessed properly last time so this was not an issue. Just like last time if nobody gets all the answers correct we will decide some fair way to award the prizes. In this case there will be three specimens awarded, the three pictured below. We hope this contest will be educational enough to warrant the use of bandwidth on the List. Unlike the last contest this will be a test of your visual skills. We will provide a few things we observed about each specimen that were impossible to capture in the images. You must guess all three correct so take your time. Specimen number 1: This meteorite has a brown crust, is only very slightly magnetic to a most powerful magnet, has white clasts in a gray matrix and there is no sign of a basaltic texture or clast. http://www.lunarrock.com/contest/dsc00001.jpg Specimen number 2: This meteorite has a translucent black crust, has no metal, every square centimeter is filled with shock veins and the matrix is off-white with a greenish hue. http://www.lunarrock.com/contest/dsc00002.jpg Specimen number 3: This meteorite has a translucent greenish-black crust, is only very slightly magnetic to a most powerful magnet and has white and black clasts situated in a light gray matrix. http://www.lunarrock.com/contest/dsc00003.jpg This contest will officially end on February 1, 2003 at 10:00 am PST. Since we will be in Tucson without access to a computer we will have somebody else announce the classifications for us. That way nobody will go insane trying to figure out what these items are. We will announce a winner on February 15, 2003. The mystery main masses will be displayed in Tucson in room 130 at the Best Western Executive Inn in case anybody cares to find out at the show rather than waiting for a post to the List. Wishing List members whom decides to accept this challenge, good luck! All the Best, Adam and Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection IMCA 2185