Looks pretty darned identical to me, in every photo! I do not think it is paired, because Amgala has dried up for some years. Michael Farmer --- Greg Hupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear List Members and meteorite fall detectives, > > I received my "Mali" chondrites today and made some > observations. I cut a > stone each of Amgala, Bassikounou and this new > "Mali" stone and polished the > faces. I can say for certain the new material is NOT > Bassikounou. "Mali" has > much more chondrules than Bassikounou. I do not > think it is Amgala either > because "Mali" does not appear to be brecciated like > Amgala. It certainly is > not Zag. I think we have a new one here, now > hopefully some eye witnesses > will be found. Maybe our French friends are already > on this?? > > Here are some photos for your own comparison: > > Photo showing metal comparison of Amgala, Mali and > Bassikounou: > http://www.lunarrock.com/hchondrites/dsc00010.jpg > > Photo showing matrix comparison of Amgala, Mali and > Bassikounou: > http://www.lunarrock.com/hchondrites/dsc00011.jpg > > Some Mali individuals: > 601g, 60% primary, 40% secondary fusion crust: > http://www.lunarrock.com/hchondrites/dsc00001.jpg > 519g, 96% primary fusion crust: > http://www.lunarrock.com/hchondrites/dsc00003.jpg > 257g, 95% primary fusion crust: > http://www.lunarrock.com/hchondrites/dsc00005.jpg > 148g, 95% primary fusion crust: > http://www.lunarrock.com/hchondrites/dsc00007.jpg > 55g, stone cut in half, polished faces, was 50% > primary crust: > http://www.lunarrock.com/hchondrites/dsc00009.jpg > > Let me know what you think. > > Best regards, > Greg > > ==================== > Greg Hupe > The Hupe Collection > NaturesVault (eBay) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.LunarRock.com > IMCA 3163 > ==================== > > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
