Looks like you can find breccias from this impact over about half of Nevada. You just need to know which geological layer...
http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/jan04/feature_Alamo.html# Google the terms "map alamo breccia nevada" without the quotes for many more results. -- Richard Kowalski Full Moon Photography IMCA #1081 --- On Wed, 11/24/10, Guenther <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Guenther <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Alamo Impact Breccia - Sweet! > To: "'Greg Hupe'" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 12:38 PM > Hi Greg, > > Nice images. Those cuts really show some beautiful > character. One would be a > great conversation piece on my office desk! > > On my trip to Nevada recently I stopped off at the Alamo > area to try and > find some impact breccias but I didn't know where to look. > I asked around > and an old timer had no idea. At a gas station I saw some > literature about > tours to the area but I couldn't find it on my own. I also > checked Google > and could only find information about the region but not > exact locations of > the impact breccias. Would you care to share the map > location? > > Thanks, > > Abe Guenther > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Greg Hupe > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 4:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] Alamo Impact Breccia - Sweet! > > Hello Everyone, > > I just received a special delivery from UPS today....and > let me tell you, > this is some of the most beautiful material out there! I > sent Marlin Cilz a > large block of the Alamo Impact Breccia to make a few cuts > and polish them > up. No words can describe these so here are a few images: > > Alamo Impact Breccia: > 10,930g end cut > 29cm x 26.5cm x 10cm > http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00001.jpg > > 2401g end cut > 25cm x 22cm x 3cm > http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00002.jpg > > 1300g slice > 26.5cm x 23cm x 1cm > http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00003.jpg > > 1095g slice > 25cm x 22cm x 1cm > http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00004.jpg > > I hope you enjoy the images! > > Best regards, > Greg > > ==================== > Greg Hupe > The Hupe Collection > NaturesVault (eBay) > [email protected] > www.LunarRock.com > IMCA 3163 > ==================== > Click here for my current eBay auctions: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________ 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
