Hi Mike, look at
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php click "what's new" and you will see the new entry in the metbull #90. Fukang is a main group pallasite. Cheers, Christian I.M.C.A. #2673 at www.imca.cc website: www.austromet.com Ing. Christian Anger Korngasse 6 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg AUSTRIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:meteorite-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Fowler > Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 8:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Mike Fowler > Subject: [meteorite-list] Fukang Pallasite & Chinga Ungrouped? > > Hi List, > > I have a Chinga Iron in my collection listed as IVB Anomalous. > According to this abstract, Chinga is Ungrouped. Is this the latest > consensus? If so I will need a different meteorite to represent the > IVB group in my collection. > > > Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVII (2006) sess454.pdf > > Honesto J. * McDonough W. F. Walker R. J. Corrigan C. M. > > McCoy T. J. Chabot N. L. Ash R. D. > > > > 187 Re-187Os Isotopic and Highly Siderophile Element Systematics of > > Group IVB Irons, and Ungrouped Irons > > Chinga, Tishomingo and Willow Grove [#1374] > > IVB irons and the ungrouped irons Chinga, Tishomingo and Willow > > Grove were analyzed for HSE abundances > > and 187Re-187Os systematics. Chinga and Willow Grove cannot be > > related to the IVBs by igneous fractionation. > > Tishomingo is more ambiguous. > > > > Regarding the Fukang Pallasite, Arizona Skies states on their web > site that Fukang is Ungrouped. This is news to me. I searched the > internet and could find no info. Can any one confirm the official > classification of this pallasite? Of course, if it is ungrouped, > I'll have to add it to my collection as well! > > Mike Fowler > Chicago > > 55 unique planetary bodies represented in my collection and counting! > > PS Of course, I went to David Weir's Meteorite Studies site first to > get his take on these two irons, but neither one is listed yet! > ______________________________________________ > 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

