Hi John, and List, If you hadn't added the word "classic" I would have placed the new lunar Dhofar 908 on nr. one, for obvious reasons. Doesn't matter, there are also lots of great classic meteorites, and here's my Top 10:
1. Chassigny (martian dunite, and witnessed fall) 2. Nakhla (martian clinopyroxenite, and witnessed fall) 3. Shergotty (martian basalt, and witnessed fall) 4. Calcalong Creek (the first non-Antarctic lunar) 5. Ensisheim (yes, the only chondrite in my listing) 6. Governador Valadares (nakhlite find from Brazil) 7. Ibitira (vesicular eucrite fall from Brazil) 8. Novo-Urei (the first ureilite - yum, yum ;-) 9. Acapulco (now, that's a neat one, isn't it?) 10. Aubres (another type specimen, and a real beauty) I know that this list might not fit into your definition of "classic" meteorites, but that's my take of it ;-) All the best, Norbert -----Original Message----- Top 10 Classic Meteorites 1. Sikhote-Alin: an iron from a Russian fall in 1947 2. Canyon Diablo: an iron found near Meteor Crater, USA 3. Allende: a carbonaceous chondrite fall in Mexico in 1969 4. Gibeon: an iron found in Africa 5. Gao: a stone from a 1960 fall in Burkino Faso 6. Murchison: an awesome carbonaceous fall in Australia in 1969 7. Esquel: a pallasite type stony-iron found in South America 8. Zagami: a 1962 Martian fall in Nigeria, Africa 9. Henbury: an iron found in Australia 10. Vaca Muerta: a mesosiderite type stony-iron found in South America ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
