Hello Mike, and all, That possibility has already been considered but a study of the isotopes did prove that this was not the case. It is one meteorite made up of many fragments. One very well-known meteoriticist called it "a garbage pile"! ;-) I prefer to call it a rubble pile, a loose conglomerate of many disparate fragments, that shattered upon entry. If you would like to read more about it, here is a link to the latest abstract written by Professor Bischoff and soon to be published in MAPS: _http://www.impactika.com/as-maps.pdf_ (http://www.impactika.com/as-maps.pdf) Or you can read an earlier and abridged version on my website: _http://www.impactika.com/ASitta.doc_ (http://www.impactika.com/ASitta.doc) at the bottom of the page, after the list of the pieces available. Enjoy. Anne M. Black _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc. _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) In a message dated 5/30/2010 1:39:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi List,
I have always wondered about the multiple lithologies of this fall. Is it possible that the multiple lithologies represent more than one meteorite find? Did the Almahata Sitta ureilite fall into an existing strewnfield and all of the meteorites got mixed during the recovery? Has anyone tested the various lithologies to see if they are in fact related? Best regards, MikeG On 5/28/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear collector friends, > > Unique! The Almahata Sitta fall surprised us not only with the circumstances > of > the fall but also with a multiplicity of different meteorite classes and > various > lithologies. > > Among the material is the MS-CH which is a chondrite that has been > classified as > “unique”. Besides, the age determination for the MS-CH proved that the > chondritic findings are also part of the mainly ureilitic Almahata Sitta > fall. > Although most of this rare meteorite MS-CH with a total weight of only 5.68g > understandably has been placed at the disposal of science we can offer some > smaller fragments of it. > > If you are interested in the above mentioned meteorite or other recently cut > slices of different individuals of Almahata Sitta please have a look at our > website: > > www.haberer-meteorite.de > > We can offer slices and fragments of the following Almahata Sitta > meteorites: > > Almahata Sitta Coarse-grained Ureilite: MS-169, MS-170 > > Almahata Sitta Fine-grained Ureilite: MS-165, MS-152, MS-168 > > Almahata Sitta Chondritic lithologies: MS-150 EL6, MS-11 H 5/6, MS-159 E5/6, > MS-11, MS-174, MS-CH > > Best regards > > Karin and Siegfried ______________________________________________ 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
