January 28, 2003
Greetings Mr. Adam Hupe:
I decided to revise my assumptions, and just in time!
If any of the following is against the rules, please
ignore them then, and just keep my original guesses
which are provided at the end of this e-mail! In my
revision, I left Specimen #3 the same. I hope this is
allowable as I had some trouble understanding your
last post concerning this very matter.
Thank you for the opportunity to enter, again!
********THE REVISION:
Here are my revised assumptions for Mystery Meteorite
Contest #2:
Specimen #1: A brecciated, polymict, ungrouped
chondrite with enstatite clasts. It is probably
somehow connected to LL and/or R-chondrites; perhaps
extending, or filling in a gap in the degree of
oxidation.
Weathering grade: ~2
Specimen #2: An ungrouped, heavily shocked, monomict,
basaltic type of achondrite that is either a unique
eucrite or only related in composition. It is not NWA
011.
Weathering Grade: 0-1
Specimen #3: An unusual, inclusion rich howardite,
displaying a goodly number of different clasts,
including possible carbonaceous material. Its overall
light colored matrix, however, leans towards the
eucritic end of the howardites.
Weathering Grade: 0-1
THE FOLLOWING ARE MY ORIGINAL ENTRIES:
Specimen #1: A brecciated, polymict R-chondrite.
Weathering grade: ~2
Specimen #2: A highly shocked shergottite, probably
basaltic. The shock veins have the earmarks of
maskelynite. Do I see vesicles?
Weathering Grade: 0-1
Specimen #3: An unusual, inclusion rich howardite,
displaying a goodly number of different clasts,
including possible carbonaceous material. Its overall
light colored matrix, however, leans towards the
eucritic end of the howardites.
Weathering Grade: 0-1
Like always, I probably racked my noodle at this "way"
too long!
Long strewn fields!
Mark Fox
Newaygo, MI USA
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