We all hope it's lunar. Seemed like a vested AD to hustle Amgala to me.
> Hi Tracy and List, > > A few things lead me to believe it might be lunar. First there is > absolutely no hint of being attracted to even the most powerful magnet. > Second the crust is not black because there is no iron in the matrix to > darken it during ablation. The color is translucent caramel with a hint of > green. The crust is smooth and very shiny not flat black like most fresh > chondrites. There are vesiclulated melt pockets visible through the very > thin crust just like NWA 482. The matrix is chalk white just like > anorthosite with heavily shocked areas. The matrix is composed of fine > grained crushed crystals meaning it could not possible be a Diogenite which > display large crystals. Only a laboratory can tell for sure. If it is pure > anorthosite I am betting it is lunar. > > Kind Regards, > > Adam > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tracy latimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:08 AM > Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Mystery Achondrite Found in Amgala Batch > > > > Congratulations on your possible lunar! For those of us who have never > > owned a piece of lunar larger than a crumb, what distinguishing visual > > characteristics make it different from, say, a piece of Bensour (which, at > > first glance, your new rock resembles.) They're both largely a nice > glowing > > white, from what I can see, with or without dark shock veins. > > > > Tracy Latimer > > > > > > >After going through our last batch of completely crusted Amgala chondrite > > >specimens we came across this achondrite. I guess it pays to use a > magnet > > >and a microscope to look at each and every specimen. After a magnet was > > >not > > >the least bit attracted to this stone we examined it under a microscope > and > > >saw a thin translucent caramel colored crust with contraction cracks. We > > >ground a small edge and were shocked by what we saw next. It looks > almost > > >like NWA 482 but brighter with what appears to be a pure white > anorthosite > > >matrix. This possible lunar is absolutely gorgeous and fresh! Now we > know > > >what Robert Haag must of felt like when he ground a corner off of > Calcalong > > >Creek. It will now be a game of hurry up and wait for lab results. > > <snip> > > > > > >Adam and Greg Hupe > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar - FREE! > > http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
