This is great news. I saw all of these types at Tucson show and what an amazing meteorite it is. A must have really. Thanks Anne. Carl -- Carl or Debbie Esparza Meteoritemax
---- [email protected] wrote: > Thank you Richard. > > Yes, because all the fragments were found within a small area and all > showed the same lack of weathering, they were thought to be part of the same > meteorite, and the isotopes immediately verified that. > And yes, because this meteorite is basically, as Ted Bunch called it, a > "rubble pile" each fragment is being analyzed and classified independently. I > do have more complete and detailed lists if you are interested, but first > take a look at the list on my website (www.impactika.com/asitta.doc) you > will > see what I mean, I am very careful to keep each fragment listed with its > proper classification. > > Yes, Richard, you found a very interesting meteorite, from the moment of > discovery, to its classification. > > Anne M. Black > http://www.impactika.com/ > [email protected] > Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. > http://www.imca.cc/ > > > In a message dated 3/8/2010 9:20:52 PM Mountain Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Walter, > > Yes, there are documented strewnfields which prove > > more than one classification does exist within a single > > area. But, Now that Almahatta Sitta has been found to have > > several different classes within one fall it seems to me > > this changes everything. > > Yes it does, to a point. > > > In fact as you know they were so confused by the > > differences that they tested every single find to be > > absolutely sure they were all from just one fall. I believe > > they decided that they were in fact all from one fall. This > > makes buying and selling Almahatta Sitta a bit tricky > > because you may not actually get the Ureilite you are > > expecting. You may get some other classification all > > together. > > Anne Black may have something more to say about this but hasn't seen this > post yet. If you buy from her you will know exactly what you are getting, > ureilite, enstatite, H5, etc. because each and every fragment of TC3 she > sells > is being classified. > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
