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----- Original Message -----
From: nelson oakes
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:44 PM
Subject: NWA1836 (provisional)"The Twisted Sister" Dear List, Originally I purchased a stone,
obviously cut from a mass supposedly a Eucrite. After depositing more than the
required amount as type sample the stone was analyzed by NAU and a prominent
scientist dubbed it the "Twisted Sister", due to the contortions and
convolutions within the stone, very unusual indeed. It is a stellar meteorite.
The weight given was the 505 plus grams that I purchased (and received) by mail.
Over a year later a package was delivered to me from a known collector with the
other portion of this single stone. This singularity was obvious since the
"halves" matched precisely. I immediately weighed this new piece
and reported the weights to NAU. The "newly obtained" half was indeed the
main mass and weighs 596.77 grams. TKW ca. 1100 grams. Single stone. To my
knowledge, and I've checked with a few prominent scientists and they agree,
there is NO STONE analyzed and paired to "The Sister". There may be another
Eucrite that looks somewhat like it (after all it's a Eucrite!), but there's
only one "Sister". Thanks Nels
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