Hi Jeff and all, Thanks for sharing the N'Goureyma photo with the list. It is a beauty. My first thought on seeing the specimen was its remarkable resemblance to a couple Dronino slices I purchased from Ivan a while back. The horseshoe-shaped troilite inclusions and their spacing from one another are nearly identical. Anyone else have a Dronino to compare? Bob
> Norm kindly wrote: > > "Jeff, Thanks for the shift in focus! That is one amazing iron. > I've never seen anything vaguely resembling those textures!" > > www.meteorites.com.au/favourite.html > > Hi Norm and List, > > But there *is* something "vaguely resembling those textures" => the Tucson > iron! > > BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Volume 3, p. 1244: > > "Tucson has no close relatives, neither in structure nor in composition. > However, > the metallic part of Tucson, in particular, does have many points of > resemblance > with the metal of N'Goureyma; it appears that the two meteorites have had a > comparable story and cooling rate." > > Jeff, once again my sincere congrats on the > acquisition of such an extraordinary piece!!! > > Happy New Year, > Meteorites galore, > Happiness, > Health, > Love, > > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > 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
