1 @ 4 kg and 1 @ 640 gr. David H.
--- Bob Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Count me in for about 8 kilos of NWA 869 headed to the saw very soon. > > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 7:22 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 869 > > > > Okay list, time to make yourselves useful... > > > > Everybody wants the NomCom to publish and make official the name NWA 869. > > So please, if you know anything, help contribute to the facts so I can > > produce a writeup for submission to the committee. > > > > Here's what I've got: > > > > * At least 400 kg of material has been sold out of markets in Morocco > > under this name. > > > > * Alan Rubin classified a piece. It was a fragmental breccia, probably > > L4-6. A thin section of L5 material gave Fa24.2, S3, W1. > > > > So what's the rest of the story? How much is out actually there? When > > did it appear on the market? Is it all coming from one finder/dealer? Is > > the find location known? Is it really L4-6 (is this the right range)? Is > > it all coming from the same fall, or is the name NWA 869 a garbage can for > > all kinds of unclassified ordinary chondrites? What large stones are in > > collections? Are other NWAs paired with 869? Which? > > > > Please reply to the list only... I don't need a separate copy. > > > > jeff > > > > Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184 > > US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383 > > 954 National Center > > Reston, VA 20192, USA > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 > Here is the price of freedom, your every drop of courage, ounce of pain, pint of blood. Paid in advance. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
