July 2002 was 7 months ago. Mark
----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Warren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First report of a New Fall! > "Depending on the region of the fall it would not surprize me not to see > nice > Bensour like crust on this meteorite." > > Could you please provide an example of a known, proven fall, that is only a > few months old, yet appears, and I mean APPEARS (not saying it does), to > have many years of weathering? I've been trying to think of one, and > can't. And you know as well as I do, SOMEONE picked up some pieces and kept > them out of the elements. Where are those pieces? Perhaps they will turn > up. Lets hope so. > > Joel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:35 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] First report of a New Fall! > > > > Hello Matteo and List, > > > > Matteo wrote: "I have see the photo and is many strange this pieces > > not have a fresh crust - type Bensour or Hadeja - if > > is fall few months ago, is many similar to normaly NWA > > finds in desert." > > > > Depending on the region of the fall it would not surprize me not to see > nice > > Bensour like crust on this meteorite. Most of the Bensour and Hadeja > > meteorites were picked up within days of fall, July 21, 2002 is several > > months and plenty of time for desert wind and sand to have stripped most > of > > the crust off of many of the meteorites. > > > > Matteo also wrote "However I have asked a piece of 10 gr. to observe > > better." > > > > Could you explain what you plan to do to observe it better. Since another > > team has made it to the strewn field I am sure we will hear more on this > > fall in a short time. > > > > Congradulations on the recovery to Adam and Greg Hupe. It is not often we > > see an H4 with a light colored matrix, as it appears in the photo. > > > > Mark Bostick > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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
