Adam, I find it impossible to believe that the piece is paired with Old Woman. that meteorite is PERFECT, complete and looks like it fell yesterday. I would guess that this piece is a much older different meteorite. Moisture is more prevalent in the Mohave at higher elevations, and never for long periods, even if it was in a low area, it would only be wet for a few weeks. I think it must be a different meteorite. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Hupe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 3:09 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Important Mojave Meteorite Found
> Dear List, > > I promised to announce a few things of interest as laboratory results come > in so here is the first of many important announcements to come: > > I recently received laboratory confirmation regarding a meteorite that was > found within a few miles of the famous Old Woman Meteorite. When I first > examined the stone I was not even sure it was meteoritic but it was magnetic > and dense. It reminded me of iron shale I had seen in other iron type > meteorites so I broke off a small piece and diamond lapped it. When I saw a > few elemental metal flakes imbedded in the shale, I knew with 90% certainty > it was a weathered iron meteorite so I sent a piece in for classification. > Here are a few images with explanations. > > This image shows where weathering has delaminated the crystalline structure. > If you look carefully you can see 10 mm sized bands forming a triangular > pattern. What is interesting is that the original Old Woman meteorite has a > 10 mm bandwidth making it a coarsest octahedrite. The reason this specimen > is more weathered than the original find is that it was found at a lower > elevation where moisture is more prevalent. > > Freshly found Old Woman IIAB Iron meteorite, image one: > http://themeteoritesite.com/oldwoman.jpg > > The second image shows the side with less weathering and more elemental > iron: > http://themeteoritesite.com/Oldwoman2.jpg > > I hope you enjoyed the images and will take any advice on what to do with > this very special meteorite. Should I donate it and if so where? > > > ------------------------------------ > Adam Hupe > The Hupe Collection > Team LunarRock > IMCA 2185 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
