Hi Bernd and List, Was the previous classification a L4-6 regolith breccia, or just L4-6?
Thanks for the update on this. It looks like a lot of us need to change their labels now. :) Best regards, MikeG -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galactic-Stone-Ironworks/218849894809686 News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 5/27/11, Bernd V. Pauli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Gary and List, > > Just a few minutes ago, Gary launched an EBay AD and one of his offerings > is a 1 kg lot of NWA 869 L4-6. Interestingly, this "ugly duckling", which > is, in reality, an absolute beauty from the Hot Deserts of Northwest Africa, > has been reclassified as an L3–6 chondritic regolith breccia by K. Metzler > et al. in this MAPS article: > > Metzler K. et al. (2011) The L3–6 chondritic regolith breccia Northwest > Africa (NWA) 869: (I) Petrology, chemistry, oxygen isotopes, and Ar-Ar > age determinations (MAPS 46-5, 2011, pp. 652-680). > > Cheers, > > Bernd > > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galactic-Stone-Ironworks/218849894809686 News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ 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

