Hello Mark If you want I put some photos of my NWA I have here, have the same desert crust visible in the photo, I not see the different. El Hammami, Zag, and other meteorites from desert have a fresh fusion crust and matrix. If this is a real fall this not have a fresh crust and the same a matrix. When I have find my Tessera, some pieces they had the black crust,and for this had thought that they came from the big bolide seen it pass 2 first weeks, but the examination to the isotopes did not given confirmation that this was a recent fall. I am sorry but this meteorite is not paired to other recent or old falls in Africa, the crust in the desert go out after many years, never see a Bensour with crust weathered after only few months, is all complete and fresh, the same for Zag, after 1 year the crust is fresh. In this image this is not visible, is paired to other normaly NWA I have here and see in many other dealers sites. Regards
Matteo --- MARK BOSTICK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ===== 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://members.ebay.com/aboutme/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
