What a beautiful stone. It must have been a hard decision to cut it or not, but the reward was worth it - a new singular type!
Congratulations. :) Best regards, MikeG On 4/29/09, Rob Lenssen <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear List, > > I want to share with you the special event, of the first meteorite I have > had classified, that has been fully approved by the Nomenclature Committee > of the Meteoritical Society. > > And a special meteorite it turned out to be! > The unclassified 502g Acfer I bought in 2003 was given an NWA name due to > the unavailability of find coordinates. > NWA 5764 has been approved as an LL6-L4 breccia. The first ever LL-L > chondrite! > > For Meteoritical Bulletin details, search for "NWA 5764": > http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php > > Special thanks go to J. Gattacceca (CEREGE) and M. Denise (MNHN) for their > classifying effort. > > Pictures of external and internal structure can be found at: > http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/NWA5764.html > > Enjoy! > > Best regards, > Rob Lenssen > IMCA #1681 > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
