Jack, List members,
I can't speak to finding a non crusted achondrite, but I have purchased one in the not so distant past. Originally thought to be a possible lunar, it turned out to be a Eucrite. Now NWA 7958. Not very pretty, but it is a meteorite. Image of stone - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/10972586353/ Image after cut - http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevewitt/10972686044/ Meteoritical Bulletin entry - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?sea=NWA+7958&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=57649 Regards, Steve Steve Witt IMCA #9020 http://imca.cc/ >________________________________ > From: jack satkoski <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 6:58 PM >Subject: [meteorite-list] achrondrites in the field without fusion crust > > >Their must be field examples of achrondrites found without fusion crust. The >metal bearing chondrites can be identified after fusion crust is gone but what >about achrondrites? > >Sometimes while hunting a dry lake bed with nothing around for miles you find >this basalt in the proverbal middle of nowhere!!! > >What would you look for before sending a sample to one of the meteorite >classifying labs? > >Thanks for your help. > >Jack Satkoski >______________________________________________ > >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
