[meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?

[Jeff Kuyken]

G'day List,   Today I got to thinking how most of the 'Prestige' in meteorites generally goes to the Achondrites, Pallasites etc. The good lookers! ;-) So I thought I would throw this out to everyone and ask what your favourite Ordinary Chondrite is because there are some really amazing meteorites which this classification. It doesn't matter what your reason is. It may be that it's just a really attractive piece or possibly the story behind how it was found or fell. If everyone gets into the spirit of it, I'll tally up all the answers in a week or so and let everyone know the Top Picks! We may find some surprising results! You can give up to 5 favourites and I'll start with these picks:   1) Knyachinya (L/LL5) - Birthday meteorite with great fresh crust and a really nice colourful brecciated matrix.   2) Parnallee (LL3.6) - Put simply: Rare, Old and Awesome matrix.   3) NWA 965 (LL4) - Tiny TKW with a matrix choc full of multi-coloured crisp chondrules.   4) Richfield (LL3.7) - If you haven't seen a larger piece or a good photo of one; time to change that!   5) Bensour (LL6) - As fresh & dramatic as it gets. Whitish matrix with jet black fusion crust! Too cool!     Looking forward to hearing some responses,   Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteoritesaustralia.com     (P.S. It's not as easy as you think!)