Dear Adam. I believe I did contribute. I think my opinion IS positive. You know the point.
Bill > Dear Joseph, > > Get a life or contribute something positive! > > Adam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mystery Achondrite Found in Amgala Batch > > > > 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
