Thank you Bernd, I just finished uploading a very nice slice of Tulia (b) with a great 'river' of FeNi at one end - also received from the Hupe' collection.
http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/tulia2-2.html Best, Gary On 7 Jan 2007 at 21:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Gary and List, > > > I just received and photographed this very nice slice of Forestburg (b) > > from the Hupe Collection...and this one is just beautiful Shock stage > > S5, weathering grade W1; the chondrite is shock blackened and contains > > impact melt clasts. > > If you want to take a look it is here: > > http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/forestburg2-6.html > > Congratulations, Gary! Excellent choice! > > Anyone who hasn't seen this beauty yet, should do so. Like Gary, I am one of > the happy > owners of a beautiful Forestburg (b) slice. Forestburg (b) is much more > "handsome" than > Forestburg (a). My Forestburg (a/b) slices are from M. Cottingham and when I > first saw > Michael's Forestburg (b) pictures on EBay, I knew I had to own it. It still > is one of my > all-time favorites with its grayish-black, fresh matrix, its abundant, evenly > distributed > FeNi specks, and its grayish-white oval chondrules! > > Although it is possible that the stone has been transported by water (rusty > brown, > weathered fusion crust), it is so very fresh that it seems improbable that it > was exposed > to water for a longer period of time. > > Even though its Fa value of 25.8 puts it in the vicinity of the LL > chondrites, its low-Ca > pyroxene composition (Fs21.6) is still within the range for L chondrites. > What a > meteorite! > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [email protected] > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
