Hi Eric and List,
The pictures of the "odd ones" made me think of a little oriented stone I
bought last year:
http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/43g_NWA.html
Like you, I find it too nice to cut, but have been wondering ever since what
it might be...
I have been thinking LL or achondrite. It has a light achondrite-like
matrix, and the typical cracked fusion crust, but also has a
few rather large (upto 2-3mm) blobs of (magnetic) metal popping out of the
crust.
I know HED's, for example polymict Eucrite, also can have free metal, but
this one just looks different.
Regards,
Rob Lenssen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Meteorites USA" <[email protected]>
To: "Phil Morgan" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Odd meteorite.
Phil, Hmmm.... Yeah, but I'm still not so sure. It is close.
The gray-green or blue crackly crust is very similar but there's not many
high resolution photos of the Sahara 03500 crust. I have an oriented piece
that I think might be of the same material on my site. Problem is it's
oriented so I would have to sand a window or CUT it to see the interior
which I'm not ready to do just yet... hmmmm....
I've added photos of the oriented piece on the odd meteorite page.
http://www.meteoritesusa.com/odd-meteorite.htm
Are these specimens all the same? SPECIMEN #UNWA004 ORIENTED, SPECIMEN
#UNWA001, SPECIMEN #UNWA002, SPECIMEN #UNWA003
I found more photos of the SAHARA 03500:
Nice photos: http://www.meteoritestudies.com/protected_S03500.HTM
More photos: http://www.spacerocksinc.com/November_17.html
Powerpoint presentation - WARNING - must download the ppt file to view:
http://www.caillou-noir.com/image/TassaMahchi_BD_clermont.ppt
Eric
Phil Morgan wrote:
Hi Eric and Elton,
Sure looks an awful lot like Sahara 03500 (Tassa Mahchi) as described
and pictured here:
http://www.caillou-noir.com/TassaMahchi.htm
What were you guys thinking?
Very cool!
Phil
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Mr EMan <[email protected]> wrote:
Yes actually but I'll let you decide when and where to announce it if we
are right.
Elton
--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Meteorites USA <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Meteorites USA <[email protected]>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Odd meteorite.
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 2:05 PM
Anyone have a clue?
http://www.meteoritesusa.com/odd-meteorite.htm
Photos, links and articles on other meteorites similar to
this would be greatly appreciated.
Specifically I'm looking for info on SPECIMEN #UNWA001
You can reach me at: 904-236-5394 or contact via email...
Thanks!
-- Regards,
Eric Wichman
Meteorites USA
904-236-5394
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