Hello, My thoughts too! Piece came from an impeccable source, so really no doubt it is Bath Furnace. My larger pieces show a lot of fragmental breccia and with the case of many chondrites, if classified today, their classifications might be different 30% of the time(a guess?) or at least more "defined" in their classification.
Thanks and Best Wishes Michael Cottingham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [meteorite-list] Michael Cottingham's BATH FURNACE Hello All, ... . and especially those who already own (Don Edwards, for example) or have purchased pieces from M.C. My three Bath Furnace specimens (2.56 + 0.38 + 0.37 grams) arrived today and after my first quick look at them under the micoscope at 8x mag. I almost believe that a reclassification of this historic L6 chondrite is overdue. If this material is genuine (which I have to assume), it looks more like an L4-5 or an L5 fragmental breccia. The 2.56-gram slice has way too many chondrules to be a run-of-the mill, ordinary L6 chondrite. One of the smaller specimens does look like an L6 chondrite though. Hmmm, ... maybe an L4-6??? What about the others who have bought specimens from MC? Any input would be appreciated! Bernd ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
