Hi Alex, Ahhh Krymka. One of my favorites.
Here's a pair of pics of my slice: http://www.meteorite.com/MT_links/2003/March/1krymka.jpg http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2002/December/2specimen01.jpg I got to visit Semarkona at the Smithsonian. It is a spiritual experience. I sent my pics to Joel in NZ for a Meteorite! article back in 1998 and have yet to make new ones. Those were back in the film days. Cheers, Martin On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Alexander Seidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has any SEMARKONA [Indian fall of 1940, type LL3.0 (S2)] ever been > distributed to private collectors??? I very much doubt so. One of > the "next best" primitive meteorites from Jeff´s first category, > which has surely arrived at the collector´s scene, is the KRYMKA > meteorite [Ukrainian fall of 1946, LL3.1 (S3)]. > > Yep, got my piece of this wonderful, pristine meteorite. :-) > Alex > Berlin/Germany > > > > 1) It means that the meteorite was relatively unaffected by secondary > > processes that occurred on asteroids, including thermal metamorphism, > > melting, shock effects, and aqueous alteration. These meteorites are > > the chondrites whose chondrules, CAIs, matrix, and presolar grains > > are in the most pristine condition. In this sense, the most > > primitive ordinary chondrite is Semarkona. There are several very > > primitive carbonaceous chondrites, including Acfer 094, Adelaide, > > ALHA 77307, and a few CR chondrites. Most of the meteorites people > > have mentioned in this thread are not particularly primitive by this > > definition. > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
