Cheers
John
Dear All,
So what will be the opinion when an iron or pallesite comes out of there? Two or three different chondrites you say and we will call them all H5 regardless of the LL5 to H5...mmm....seems like there needs to be a bunch more classification to do to me. With out classification, maybe they are not unlike some NWA's...orphans from a known location?
Not to feed the ducks,
Dave Freeman
John Birdsell wrote:
Hello everybody. This is just to clear up some confusion that has arisen regarding meteorites recently found in the Franconia wash region east of Kingman, AZ. As a number of you already are aware, there have been a number of new Chondrites found in the region loosely referred to as "Franconia wash". These appear to range in composition from LL5 to H5. We have at least two and perhaps three different Chondrites from this region (none of which have been classified as of yet). Bob Verish has one of these meteorites which has been classified as an (H5) and given the name 'Franconia'. In a recent posting Bob stated that only his stone can "be properly called Franconia". We are assuming that he meant that only his stone can properly be called the Franconia 'type specimen'. As with any meteorite fall, all individual members of that fall are both individually and collectively referrred to by the name given to the type specimen, in this case 'Franconia'. We have posted on our website (http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com) several slices from an individual found in the Franconia wash strewn field by Jack Schrader, which we stated was unclassified and which appears to be extremely similar to the Franconia slices posted by Bob Verish (http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/mrf/franh5-g.jpg). Please compare these slices and draw you own conclusions. It is of course possible, though not very likely, that two very similar meteorites fell in the same strewn field. If indeed these are from the same fall, then they should of course all be referred to as 'Franconia'. If they are from a different fall, then they represent a New, and as yet unclassified, Arizona chondrite. In either case, this is an exciting find, and once the classification of these chondrites is verified we will update everyone. This might be a good opportunity to get a nice slice from a new Arizona Chondrite while the prices are still reasonable. If anyone has any questions please feel free to email us.
Thanks
John & Dawn Arizona Skies Meteorites
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