Thought I would post this as the most recent Monthly Favourite in response
to Mike's breccia email (below) a few days ago:
http://www.meteorites.com.au/favourite/july2009.html
Cheers,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <[email protected]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:12 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mystery unclassified stone meteorite - what is it?
Hi Listees!
I have this oddball meteorite in my cabinet that I have had for a long
time. I liked the way the outside looked, so I kept it. When I
finally bought I saw, I cut this specimen open and was pleasantly
surprised. It's a real oddball - perhaps a breccia of some type. The
first photo doesn't show it well, but there is metal fleck present.
Has anyone ever seen a specimen like this? Can anyone take an
educated guess as to what it might be?
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/breccia-dual/breccia-2.jpg
The outside of the stone -
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/breccia-dual/breccia-outside.jpg
I cut a small slice and polished it. The brecciated features faded
into the matrix and became very hard to see, but it made the sparse
metal fleck easier to see when the specimen is tilted the right way,
in this last photo -
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/breccia-dual/breccia-iron.jpg
Best regards,
MikeG
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Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites
http://www.galactic-stone.com
http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone
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