If it was in Ron Hartman's collection, perhaps it came from Michael Cottingham.
Michael Farmer > On Nov 27, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Bernd and All, > Thanks for the many leads and suggestions that you have given me, Bernd, but > I'm starting to accept the possibility that the "M" (with a line through it) > signifies that it is a "Meteor-wrong". :-( > Which would explain why it was in the Ron Hartman Collection without a label. > > > The negative evidence against that supposition is that M001. thru M008. are > nowhere to be found. > But this "M009." may have been the best of the lot; a real "keeper". The > kind that you save for those games of one-up-man-ship when the hunters sit > around the campfire and talk about the heartbreakers that didn't pan-out. > "You think that ones purrty, take a gander at this beauty, boys!" > > If I'm at a dead-end on this one, I guess I'll have to make a thin-section to > confirm ID. > But then again, if I convince myself that this is just a limy siltstone with > a small patch of psilomelane coating the exterior, > a cheaper/quicker method of IDing would be to take a small chip and dissolve > the carbonate matrix in acid, then examine > whatever silicate grains remain under a microscope. I expect I'll see > quartz. :-( > In any case, I'll report back the results to satisfy anyone's remaining > curiosity. > And yes, of course, I will cancel my "M009. auction" : > http://tinyurl.com/pclbfg2 > > Again, thanks to everyone for their ID help with the label, and for those in > the US > Happy Thanksgiving, > Bob V. > > > > On Thursday, November 27, 2014 3:17 AM, Bernd V. Pauli via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> >> >> Could the "M" stand for one of these persons? >> >> Mike Martinez >> Mike Miller >> >> Cheers, >> >> Bernd >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
