Hello Sonny, All, I've often thought about such a term - "the rarest meteorite." The rarest meteorite would of course be smallest ungrouped meteorite, for one could feasibly conceive of a 1-2g unique meteorite. When a new type is named, however, a hype generally surrounds it - rather like the olivine diogenite craze of a few years ago, or the confusion surrounding Bencubbinites, and other poorly defined types of meteorites. The simple fact of the matter is that there meteorites are too often categorized by our current system into associations and groups into which they fit rather poorly; Jeff Grossman states as much in the last thread surrounding the poor chemical and isotopic relationships between many basaltic meteorites deemed "eucrites." But regardless of this fact, a simple truth remains. There are countless ungrouped meteorites and several Kakangari-type meteorites, so while they may be one of the least common "types," they are by no means examples of the "rarest" meteorite known. Regards, Jason
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bernd and list, > > Would this be one of the rarest meteorites ever found? If not, what > meteorite would be? > > Thanks, > Sonny > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, Nov 17, 2009 1:12 pm > Subject: [meteorite-list] Photo of a K-chondrite > > > > > > > > Hi Greg and List, > > Hardly any photos of Kakangaris exist. You'll find one on David > Weir's excellent website: http://www.meteoritestudies.com/ > > Click on chondrites and then scroll down to Kakangari! > > Thin section pics of Kakangari can be found here (on pages 202-205): > > D.S. LAURETTA, M. KILLGORE (2005) A Color Atlas of Meteorites in Thin > Section > (Golden Retriever Publications and Southwest Meteorite Press, ISBN > 0-9720472-1-2, 301 pp.). > > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
