Here is another view of 76001 @ NIPR: http://metdb.nipr.ac.jp/Data/ALH761/sALH-761.1-79_small_20082219597.jpg
The back has patches of crust, but doesn't look anything like the more fresh and intact crust on the eBay material in question. 76001 was a 20.1kg stone, so it is possible that it had a broken side. I'm away from my photographic catalogs, but maybe someone else can check their own. I believe either the Catalog of Yamato Meteorites or Photographic Catalog (1981) show the entire mass. I'll check when I get home... Mike Bandli -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gee, this looks an awful lot like ALHA76001, to name a specific > Antarctic meteorite! Compare the photo of a larger slice of "ALH 761" > in Japan with the ebay photo: > > http://metdb.nipr.ac.jp/Data/ALH761/sALH-761.1-80_small_200822195950.jpg > > For several years, I have wondered what happened to the 3800 g piece of > this meteorite, which was supposedly once in the Field Museum collection > in Chicago (according to MetBase). However, that meteorite and its > siblings from 1976 have not been in the Field collection for a long > time. Is it possible this is it? Maybe one of you knows the history > of these meteorites well enough to speculate. > > Jeff > > > Jason Utas wrote: > > Hola Darren, All, > > The story may be crazy, but that meteorite shows weathering exemplary > > of Antarctic meteorites. Note the thin cracks - almost certainly > > lined with evaporites, hence the white lining. Also note the fresh > > exterior and weathered interior. Bassikounou? Nothing like it. More > > like Antarctic material, to be frank, which, other than ice-blasting, > > typically shows little-to-no external weathering and varying degrees > > of internal oxidation. > > It is a crazy story, but, to be frank, it's either a fresh stone from > > a salty terrestrial environment that's been laying around for a very > > short time in very wet conditions, or it is, in fact, from an ice > > field (somewhere). I've never seen such weathering features on a > > meteorite from...anywhere else. Have a look at those pictorial > > catalogs of Antarctic meteorites if you don't believe me - you'll see > > what I mean. > > Regards, > > Jason > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Darren Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:27:56 -0500, you wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Here is a link to a "South Pole Meteorite" > >>> The story sounds kinda lame to me. > >>> > http://cgi.ebay.com/H-Class-Chondrite-Meteor-VERY-BIG-Found-At-South-Pole_W0QQit > emZ180298547302QQihZ008QQcategoryZ3239QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ > >>> > >> Story is crazy, but meteorite looks nice. Whaddya think, Bassikounou? > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > > -- > Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184 > US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383 > 954 National Center > Reston, VA 20192, USA > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
