Hi Greg, I'm sure you're probably right; I just found the chemical similarity to CD to be interesting, and perhaps noteworthy enough that UAb would have commented on it. I'm not an iron meteorite expert; it could well be that the gallium and germanium differences are sufficiently high that a CD pairing is ruled out (a question for the iron experts on the list). But I should think you couldn't rule out a pairing based on the find location -- there are many suspected Canyon Diablo transports in the literature (e.g. Panamint Range, Camp Verde) and I'm sure E.P. Grondine could cite other examples of CD irons that were relocated by Native Americans in centuries past. --Rob
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Greg Hupe Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:21 PM To: Matson, Robert D.; [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NEW Ocate, NM Iron Classification Hello Rob, Thank you for your email. Good question. Between the science done, finder's statement and visually inspected by many people who have seen a lot of Canyon Diablo, there is not a chance of a pairing. Best regards, Greg ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
