Hello All,
IMHO Katol was not a 'rubble' pile and the few 'irons' were in fact just
rather large nickel-iron impactor pockets that broke away from the Katol
mass as it broke apart during its fiery entry into Earth's atmosphere... ;-)
Best Regards,
Greg
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From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks
Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2014 9:06 PM
To: Michael Farmer
Cc: meteoritelist meteoritelist ; Jim Wooddell
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] KATOL (L6) is official
Hi Mike and List,
Mike, and the behalf of countless others, I hope we hear that story
one day. I imagine it must have been pretty bad for you to say it was
a "little scary".
There are a predominance of stony lithologies, but Mike's iron is
obviously not an L6 chondrite. So what do we call a mass like Mike's
superb iron shield? Do we refer to his specimen as " Katol (L6)" or
do we refer to it as something else? Does Katol have some similarity
with Almahata Sitta, in the sense that stones with different
lithologies (and classifications) shared the same strewnfield?
So, a majority of hand specimens show a curious lithology that is
granular, shocked, and originating from the L-chondrite group. Has
anyone tried to plot the affinities from the specimens like Mike's
that don't match the majority lithology? I'd be curious if they also
fit into the L-chondrite group, or, if they were xenoliths hitching a
ride in the Katol rubble-pile.
Good stuff. It's about time that Katol gets some serious attention. :)
Best regards,
MikeG
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On 1/1/14, Michael Farmer <[email protected]> wrote:
Yes, this piece is oriented heat shield shaped with countless flow lines
and
bubbles on the thick backside crust. There are a couple of crystal-rich
sections. It is one of my favorite pieces in my collection, the adventure
to
acquire was a little scary.
Laurence Garvie has taken many photos of it, I am sure he has incredible
photos I haven't seen. This photo was the only one I got.
The piece is still at ASU on loan, it will be on display at the Tucson
show.
Michael Farmer
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On Jan 1, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Carl Agee <[email protected]> wrote:
Oh, of course, this the metal-rich piece?
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On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Michael Farmer <[email protected]>
wrote:
No chondrules.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 1, 2014, at 4:25 PM, Graham Ensor <[email protected]>
wrote:
I think it is almost totally nickel iron and the marks are flow lines
and small impact pits similar to those you find on Sikhote Alin...
Graham
On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Carl Agee <[email protected]> wrote:
Or perhaps the sphericals are vesiculation of fusion crust? I agree
with Jim, it would be nice to see some BSE images.
Carl
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On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Carl Agee <[email protected]> wrote:
Beautiful oriented and flow lines! I assume all the circular and
spherical shapes are chondrules peeking through the fusion crust?
Thanks for sharing Mike!
Carl
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On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Jim Wooddell
<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Jeff!
Would love to see a polished window image as well as some BSE images
now!
Maybe Laurence or whoever has them can share!
If this thing is going to have a paper published we may have to
wait!
Jim
On 1/1/2014 11:35 AM, Jeff Grossman wrote:
Mike's photo in posted in the database now.
Jeff
On 1/1/2014 1:19 PM, Jim Wooddell wrote:
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