Hi Sonny, It does look carbonaceous. Maybe you could hand cut it on a small trimsaw - just shave off the broken area where the matrix is exposed. It should leave the majority of the stone intact. Given the small size, the type sample won't be much. :)
Best regards, MikeG -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 ------------------------------------------------------------- On 1/16/13, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Congrats Sonny, I would guess carbonaceous myself. Seems similar to some I > have bought myself. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 16, 2013, at 1:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I found a 4.4g oriented meteorite. It looks like a weathered OC but on a >> closer inspection the back side shows a frothy brown fusion crust with a >> dark interior.Could this be normal weathering for chondrite? I would hate >> to cut it and find out that it is only a OC and ruin the oriented >> meteorite. On a long shot maybe a Impact Melt or CC chondrite? >> >> Sonny >> >> >> http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/New_Cold_Find.html >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
