Adam and list, Your photos show a very interesting meteorite. The second image reminds me of the Babadus impact melt from Rochechouart Crater, France. Thanks for the photos. Fred Olsen, Denver ----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:17 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Images of Strange Achondrite Found In the Sahara
> Dear List Members, > > We promised to provide images of the strange stone that was acquired on our > December 2003 Sahara expedition. Sorry for the delay but it took time > distribute the material to three laboratories and several team members. We > wanted to give them a chance to savor the oddness of this piece for > themselves before making images public. > > In the first image you can see what appears to be a lip-over rim, > contraction-cracks and flow lines on jet black glassy crust covering 70% of > the specimen. > > Two thirds stone image link: > http://www.lunarrock.com/NewStone/achondrite2.jpg > > The second image displays several perfectly spherical vesicles and multiple > colored crystals in a fragmental breccia. > > Close up of broken surface link: > http://www.lunarrock.com/NewStone/achondrite1.jpg > > Several oddities have been observed in the initial study including the > following: > > Elongated multi-colored glass objects that look like Pele's hairs imbedded > in the matrix. > Perfectly spherical vesicles present in matrix > 2mm weathering rind under a very thin glass crust on the side with lip-over. > Contain several highly refractive minerals never before observed in any > meteorite. > Is more friable than a Nahklite meaning it did not lay in the desert very > long. > Is definitely not related to the HED group judging from ratios measured in > the minerals. > > We do not want to speculate about its origin until more testing is done. > > All the best, > > Adam and Greg Hupe > The Hupe Collection > IMCA 2185 > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
