[meteorite-list] AD - ebay: stunning HED's, WIN, BRA, URE, EL5, CV/CK(!), CV3, CK3, CO3, Hebron, Mt.Tazerzait, SHER, ...

[Peter Marmet]

Hello All,

On ebay I'm selling more stunning HEDs, WIN, URE's, BRA, EL5, some
CC's (e.g. a CV/CK!) and several other rare meteorites,
like Hebron, Mount Tazerzait, some historic ones and my last slice of
NWA 6234 (SHER):

The auctions will end in less than two days. Please have a look:


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Thank you,
Peter

Peter Marmet - IMCA #2747
Bern, Switzerland
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[meteorite-list] FL, GA, AL large meteor 29APR2011

[drtanuki]

Dear List,  Just Breaking-- Large Meteor Fireball with sonic boom reported in 
Alabama, Georgia, and Florida at 9:15 CDT //~10:00 pm EDT.

http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/04/florida-georgia-alabama-large-meteor.html

Best Regards, Dirk Ross..Tokyo
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Re: [meteorite-list] NWA basalt?

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi Phil,

Maybe I am an incurable optimist, but that looks like an achondrite of
some sort.  I'd be curious to hear what some qualified persons would
say about it.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 4/29/11, Phil Morgan  wrote:
> I found an odd little stone in a batch of unclassified material.  Most
> of the non-meteoritic material I've culled out in the past hasn't
> really resembled basalt like this one.
>
> Slight attraction to a magnet and studded with what I assume to be
> very clear little blobs of olivine.
>
> I posted a couple of pictures here:
> http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/mystery/
>
> What is the general geology of the area and is something like this common?
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
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[meteorite-list] NWA basalt?

[Phil Morgan]

I found an odd little stone in a batch of unclassified material.  Most
of the non-meteoritic material I've culled out in the past hasn't
really resembled basalt like this one.

Slight attraction to a magnet and studded with what I assume to be
very clear little blobs of olivine.

I posted a couple of pictures here:
http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/mystery/

What is the general geology of the area and is something like this common?

Thanks,
Phil
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[meteorite-list] Poison Key to Early Life

[Ron Baalke]

http://news.discovery.com/space/life-poison-earth-organics-110425.html  

Poison Key to Early Life

How did Earth manage to hold onto its organics after being
slammed by a Mars-sized object 4.4 billion years ago?

By Irene Klotz 
Discovery News
April 25, 2011

* Formaldehyde may be the delivery mechanism for organics on Earth
  -- and throughout the solar system.
* The finding is ironic since formaldehyde is poison to life as we
  know it.
* The discovery stems from analysis of samples from NASA's Stardust
  comet probe.

How baby Earth managed to keep hold of its organic matter after the
clubbing it took by a Mars-sized object roughly 4.4 billion years ago
has long puzzled scientists.

The throttling was so severe scientists believe Earth melted. Splatters
that ended up in space eventually came together to form the moon.
Lightweight materials, like water and carbon, would have vaporized. How
then did the building blocks for life manage to survive?

Scientists think they have found the answer: The organics were locked in
stable chains formed from formaldehyde, an ironic finding considering
that formaldehyde ended up being poisonous to the very life it may have
made possible.

"Formaldehyde is very interesting, very reactive. It can even react with
itself and form complex polymers," George Cody, a senior scientist at
the Carnegie Institution of Washington, told Discovery News.

Formaldehyde also is plentiful in molecular clouds in space, meaning
ample quantities would have been around for incorporation into the solar
system's population.

Two chains of evidence support this theory. First, organic solids have
been found in meteorites and in comets. A sample from NASA's Stardust
comet mission gave Cody and colleagues a sign they were on the right path.

"It was about the most chemically complex material I had ever seen in my
life," Cody said.

Scientists then turned to lab work to reproduce the type of organic
matter found in carbonaceous chondrites, a type of organic-rich
meteorite, from formaldehyde. They found their formaldehyde-synthesized
material was similar to what has been found in carbonaceous chondrites
and from Comet Wild 2, which was sampled by NASA's Stardust probe.

The experiments also showed the organics would survive temperatures of
up to 1,400 Centigrade (2,552 degrees Fahrenheit).

"The formaldehyde forms these little tiny organic balls," Cody said.

Other molecules found in space, such as hydrogen cyanide, also could
polymerize with itself, but they fall apart in hot water, Cody added.

"Formaldehyde is almost unique in its tendency to hang out -- and hang
on -- as the solar system got hotter and dryer," said Cody.

Also buttressing the team's findings is a related study showing that
comets may be much more watery than previously thought.

"If liquid water environments were common, than there are a lot more
places to produce pre-biotic material," Dante Lauretta, associate
professor at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory,
told Discovery News.

"Now that we know what we're working with, we want to understand the
chemistry better," added Cody.

Cody's research was reported in the /Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences earlier this month. Lauretta's team, which also studied
Stardust samples, is publishing in the online edition of the journal
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
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[meteorite-list] Bacteria Found to Survive 'Hypergravity'

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/27/scitech/main20058032.shtml  

Bacteria found to survive "hypergravity"
CBS News
April 27, 2011

Study finds that bacteria can grow despite extreme gravity, raising
possibility that life may have arrived here via comet


Talk about hearty bacteria. A new study

published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
reports that some bacteria can exist even in extreme "hypergravity." In
other words, they can still live and breed despite gravitational forces
that are 400,000 times greater than what's felt here on Earth.

But the real importance of the research is in what it suggests: In
concluding that the habitability of extraterrestrial environments must
not be limited by gravity, the researchers raise the possibility that
alien life also might be able to survive after meteorite impacts and
take root on Earth.

"Our results indicate that microorganisms cannot only survive during
hyperacceleration but can display such robust proliferative behavior
that the habitability of extraterrestrial environments must not be
limited by gravity," the researchers note in their paper.

There is a body of scientific argument which contends that life on Earth
may have come from outer space

in the form of microbes which attached themselves to comets and
meteorites. While careful not to directly wade into that debate, Shigeru
Deguchi of the Japan Agency of Marine-Earth Science and Technology in
Yokosuka and the report's lead author said "the number and types of
environments that we now think life can inhabit in the universe has
expanded because of our study," said Deguchi.


He noted that E. coli tested in the experiments was able to withstand
the impact of the equivalent of 7,500 G's. By comparison, humans will
black out when hit by forces anywhere between three to five times the
Earth's surface gravity.
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[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rovers Update: April 20-27, 2011

[Ron Baalke]

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html

SPIRIT UPDATE:  Spirit Remains Silent at Troy - sols 2594-2601, 
April 21-28, 2011:

No communication has been received from Spirit since Sol 2210 (March 22,
2010).

Deep Space Network X-band listening and commanding covering a range of
frequencies and local solar times on Mars is continuing. Selected over
flights by the relay orbiters are exercised to elicit a response from
the rover through the separate ultra-high frequency (UHF) system.

Total odometry is unchanged at 7,730.50 meters (4.80 miles).


OPPORTUNITY UPDATE:  Opportunity Makes Three Drives This Week - 
sols 2573-2580, April 20-27, 2011:

Opportunity continues the trek towards Endeavour crater.

The rover drove on Sols 2574, 2576 and 2579 (April 21, 23 and 26, 2011),
covering over 340 meters (1,115 feet) to the southeast. The rover's
right front wheel motor currents have settled down some, but the project
continues to monitor this. The plan ahead is more driving.

As of Sol 2580 (April 27, 2011), solar array energy production was 381
watt-hours with an elevated atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.870 and a
solar array dust factor of 0.507.

Total odometry is 28,384.22 meters (28.38 kilometers, or 17.64 miles).

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[meteorite-list] Asteroid Impacts in Antarctica?

[Ron Baalke]

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/online/4267/asteroid-impacts-antarctica

Asteroid impacts in Antarctica
by Richard A. Lovett
COSMOS Magazine
28 April 2011

In a controversial study, gravity maps of the Antarctic continent have
revealed what could be multiple asteroid impact sites.

Gravity anomalies in Antarctica might mark spots where hundreds of
thousands of years ago the frozen continent was struck by giant
meteorites or fragments of a comet.

These, scientists suggest, would have punched deep into the crust,
shattering rock and producing zones of slightly lower gravity waiting to
be found by modern instruments.

Such instruments, carried aboard satellites, aeroplanes, and snow
machines, can measure the Earth's gravity field with remarkable precision.

"The gravity meter we used [is so sensitive] that if I should set it on
a desk and read the gravity from it, then set it on the floor, I can
detect the difference," says John Weihaupt a geophysicist at the
University of Colorado.

As far back as 1976, Weihaupt found a large region of low gravity in
Antarctica's Victoria Land that he believes to be a meteor impact
crater, at least 243 km across - about three times as wide as America's
Chesapeake Bay, also believed to have been formed by an asteroid impact.

But in new gravity maps of the entire continent published in the journal
Lithosphere, Weihaupt's team found 14 additional such anomalies, which
they think might mark the sites of additional impacts.

The anomalies could be caused by other under-ice features, such as
buried mountains or tectonic trenches.

But there is no evidence for such features beneath this part of
Antarctica, Weihaupt's team said. Rather, they appear to be places where
the impact not only created a depression, but also reduced the rock's
density (and therefore its gravity) by shattering it into rubble, known
as breccia.

Shotgun blast

Weihaupt thinks the number of anomalies means ancient Antarctica may
have been peppered with a shotgun blast of space rocks up to 2 km across.

Furthermore, he said, the anomalies are arrayed in an ellipse, with the
largest at one end and the smallest at the other.

"This is exactly the pattern one gets from the distribution of meteorite
craters in a multiple impact event," he said - i.e., a situation in
which a large asteroid or comet breaks up before impact.

When did the impact occur? "That's a tricky question," Weihaupt says. A
definitive answer would require drilling all the way through the ice to
the underlying rocks.

But impacts produce clouds of tiny particles called tektites (and
smaller 'mirotectites') that later fall back to Earth. These have been
found in Australia and in parts of Antarctica, in two layers, one dated
to about 700,000 years ago, and the other to 481,000 years ago.

Scientists have long speculated about the effect on civilisation if a
large meteor struck a continent, filling the air with sunlight-blocking
dust. But nobody has thought much about what would happen if hits ice.

"The ramification for the environment . . . and mankind . .. are
enormous," Weihaupt's coauthor, Alan Rice, of the Department of Earth
and Planetary Sciences at the American Museum of Natural History, New
York, said.

"While NASA is combing the skies for the asteroid that will kill us all,
no one has given thought to the response of the Antarctic Ice Cap if
that got hit."

One prospect, however, is that much of the ice would destabilise,
rapidly flowing into the sea and increasing sea level by perhaps 5 metres.

Other scientists are skeptical about whether the anomalies actually are
craters. One problem, says Dallas Abbott, a marine geophysicist at
Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia
University's Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory is the mathematical
techniques often used to rule out density variations in rocks deeper in
the Earth.

"This introduces artefacts in the final data that are circular," she
says - precisely the types of low-gravity blobs observed by Weihaupt's team.

Nor, she adds, has she ever seen impact debris in Antarctic seabed cores
matching impacts at the suggested sites.

Mark Boslough a physicist at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque
who has studied the risk of impacts from near-Earth asteroids, agrees.

"Because large impact structures are extremely rare, any claim requires
a very high standard of evidence," he said by email. "Lots of features
can masquerade as impact structures, and most turn out not to be."

Weihaupt admits his theory is controversial. Nevertheless, he said,
"[It] has the potential to explain quite a number of unexplained
features and phenomena related to the Antarctic - some of which we are
not yet prepared to take to the scientific community."

In other words, stay tuned. If a shotgun blast of big meteorites hitting
the Antarctic sounds exciting, Weihaupt's team believes it is only
beginning to make its case.

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Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Whitecourt iron etched slices

[Mirko Graul]

Dear List members...

and friends of the new crater forming new Canadian iron Whitecourt.
I have prepared a few more slices.
All show excellent structure.
Slices from large to small  for everyone..

Please see my ebay shop or search in ebay "Whitecourt Meteorite"


http://stores.ebay.com/Mirko-Graul-Meteorite?_rdc=1


Best regards Mirko

    

Mirko Graul Meteorite 
Quittenring.4 
16321 Bernau 
GERMANY 

Phone: 0049-1724105015 
E-Mail: m_gr...@yahoo.de 
WEB: www.meteorite-mirko.de 

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(International Society for Meteoritics and Planetery Science) 

IMCA-Member: 2113 
(International Meteorite Collectors Association)


--- Mirko Graul  schrieb am Do, 28.4.2011:

> Von: Mirko Graul 
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] AD: Whitecourt iron etched slices
> An: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
> Datum: Donnerstag, 28. April, 2011 11:25 Uhr
> Dear List Members,
> 
> i have listed on ebay 5 best etched slices and endcuts of
> Whitecourt iron.
> This 5 etched pieces shows very good structure!
> 
> Endcut 4.549g
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230614663627&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
> ---
> 
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> 
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> ---
> 
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> 
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> ---
> 
> Full slice with Troilite inclusion 6.876g
> 
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> ---
> 
> Large endcut with Troilite inclusion 20.5g
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230614660549&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
> ---
> 
> All slices including a copy of the Export permit.
> 
> Best regards Mirko
>      
> 
> Mirko Graul Meteorite 
> Quittenring.4 
> 16321 Bernau 
> GERMANY 
> 
> Phone: 0049-1724105015 
> E-Mail: m_gr...@yahoo.de
> 
> WEB: www.meteorite-mirko.de 
> 
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> (International Society for Meteoritics and Planetery
> Science) 
> 
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[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: April 25-29, 2011

[Ron Baalke]

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES
April 25-29, 2011

o Windstreaks (25 April 2011)
  http://themis.asu.edu/node/5629

o Rabe Crater Dunes (26 April 2011)
  http://themis.asu.edu/node/5630

o Eos Chaos (27 April 2011)
  http://themis.asu.edu/node/5631

o Candor Chasma (28 April 2011)
  http://themis.asu.edu/node/5632

o Ascraeus Mons (29 April 2011)
  http://themis.asu.edu/node/5633


All of the THEMIS images are archived here:

http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission 
for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission 
Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University,
Tempe, in co.oration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. 
The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State 
University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor 
for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission 
operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a 
division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. 



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[meteorite-list] POP QUIZ FRIDAYS

[Shawn Alan]

Hello Listers,

Spring is here and so is another installment of POP QUIZ FRIDAYS.

Name of the game be the 10th Lister to email me off the List with the correct 
answer and win a free McKenzie Draw(B) meteorite fragment found in Texas, USA 
in the summer of 1989 while a farmer was plowing a peanut field.

Question:

Please tell me which meteorite fall was one of the first falls to be recognized 
by scientists as a rock from space.
 
Good Luck
 
Shawn Alan 
IMCA 1633 
eBaystore 
http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html 

 
 
 
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Re: [meteorite-list] My first classification - NWA 6696 (LL3.6)

[Greg Catterton]

Way to go Mike, congrats! 
I am happy to say this piece:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/chondrules/slice-close-chondrules-rough.jpg
Is sitting in my display case now with a NWA number, very cool!


Greg Catterton
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--- On Fri, 4/29/11, Galactic Stone & Ironworks  wrote:

> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks 
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] My first classification - NWA 6696 (LL3.6)
> To: "Larry Atkins" 
> Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 2:28 PM
> Hi Larry, Gary and List,
> 
> Here are some photos of NWA 6696 -
> 
> http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/chondrules/
> 
> I have a few more on my HD somewhere, but there isn't much
> to see on
> such a small stone.  My only regret is that the stone
> is so small.
> The matrix is wall-to-wall chondrules, many of which are
> surrounded by
> a thin rim of metal.  This stone just goes to show (as
> Larry said)
> that visual pairings are misleading.  I'd seen photos
> of CR stones
> that looked exactly like my specimen.  The main reason
> I submitted it
> is because I was confident it was a CR.  Then I was
> pleasantly
> surprised by the LL3.6 classification, given the presence
> of
> visually-abundant metal.  A large stone like this
> would produce some
> very attractive slices.
> 
> Of course, like many chondrule-rich OC's, the look is not
> improved by
> polishing.  The chondrules darken and become invisible
> when polished
> (except for a few of the whitish colored ones).  So I
> left one side of
> my remaining slice unpolished.
> 
> By virtue of numbers, this LL3.6 is more scarce than a
> CR.  There are
> 115 approved CR meteorites and only 16 LL3.6 stones. 
> It's good to
> know that my stone is in good company with Parnallee and is
> sitting in
> a UCLA cabinet where it might contribute to science in some
> way.  :)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> MikeG
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On 4/29/11, Larry Atkins 
> wrote:
> > Hi Mike, List,
> >
> > Congrat's on your classification!
> >
> > The way you described the meteorite as having armored
> chondrules and
> > thinking it was possibly a CR, then finding out it's
> an LL 3.6 made me
> > think of a very similar scenario that has recently
> played out for me. I
> > thought a chondrite I bought in 2008 was possibly a CR
> as did some
> > other list members and it turned out to be an LL 3.8.
> I'd like to see
> > pictures of yours Mike, I wonder if it looks similar.
> Here's a link to
> > pic's of my new classifications, NWA 6581, ( LL 6) and
> NWA 6582, the LL
> > 3.8.
> >
> > http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad190/alienrockfarm/
> >
> >
> > I saw that yours is 1 of only 16 meteorites with that
> classification,
> > so despite its "unassuming" status amongst a pile of
> lunars and such,
> > it's still a rarity!
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Larry Atkins
> >
> > IMCA # 1941
> > Ebay alienrockfarm
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks 
> > To: Meteorite List 
> > Sent: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 11:41 am
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] My first classification -
> NWA 6696 (LL3.6)
> >
> >
> > Hi List,
> >
> > Some new meteorites were added to the Met Bulletin
> today, including
> > some new lunars.
> >
> > Hidden amongst the more exciting lunars is an
> unassuming LL3.6 - NWA
> > 6696.
> >
> > This small 10g stone came in a batch of unclassified
> NWA that I
> > purchased about 3 years ago.  Upon windowing this
> small stone, I saw
> > an adundance of armored chondrules.  At first
> glance, it resembled a
> > CR type.   I posted some photos to this
> list, a minor discussion
> > ensued, and then the sample went off to the lab to be
> looked at by Dr.
> > Alan Rubin.  Of course, it's not worthwhile for
> anyone to classify
> > such a small OC when the 20/20 classification sample
> would only be 2
> > grams.  So I offered to reverse the usual 20/20
> arrangement - I'd keep
> > 2 grams and the lab could keep the 8g "main
> mass".  Now the
> > classification is official.
> >
> > I was hoping to sneak my name into the literature, but
> alas, I didn't
> > get to see my name in lights. LOL
> >
> > It should be noted, that for collectors, this is going
> to be one of
> > those impossible to acquire NWAs.  Given the low
> TKW and that 80% of
> > the mass is sitting at UCLA, that leaves

Re: [meteorite-list] My first classification - NWA 6696 (LL3.6)

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi Larry, Gary and List,

Here are some photos of NWA 6696 -

http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/chondrules/

I have a few more on my HD somewhere, but there isn't much to see on
such a small stone.  My only regret is that the stone is so small.
The matrix is wall-to-wall chondrules, many of which are surrounded by
a thin rim of metal.  This stone just goes to show (as Larry said)
that visual pairings are misleading.  I'd seen photos of CR stones
that looked exactly like my specimen.  The main reason I submitted it
is because I was confident it was a CR.  Then I was pleasantly
surprised by the LL3.6 classification, given the presence of
visually-abundant metal.  A large stone like this would produce some
very attractive slices.

Of course, like many chondrule-rich OC's, the look is not improved by
polishing.  The chondrules darken and become invisible when polished
(except for a few of the whitish colored ones).  So I left one side of
my remaining slice unpolished.

By virtue of numbers, this LL3.6 is more scarce than a CR.  There are
115 approved CR meteorites and only 16 LL3.6 stones.  It's good to
know that my stone is in good company with Parnallee and is sitting in
a UCLA cabinet where it might contribute to science in some way.  :)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 4/29/11, Larry Atkins  wrote:
> Hi Mike, List,
>
> Congrat's on your classification!
>
> The way you described the meteorite as having armored chondrules and
> thinking it was possibly a CR, then finding out it's an LL 3.6 made me
> think of a very similar scenario that has recently played out for me. I
> thought a chondrite I bought in 2008 was possibly a CR as did some
> other list members and it turned out to be an LL 3.8. I'd like to see
> pictures of yours Mike, I wonder if it looks similar. Here's a link to
> pic's of my new classifications, NWA 6581, ( LL 6) and NWA 6582, the LL
> 3.8.
>
> http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad190/alienrockfarm/
>
>
> I saw that yours is 1 of only 16 meteorites with that classification,
> so despite its "unassuming" status amongst a pile of lunars and such,
> it's still a rarity!
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Larry Atkins
>
> IMCA # 1941
> Ebay alienrockfarm
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks 
> To: Meteorite List 
> Sent: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 11:41 am
> Subject: [meteorite-list] My first classification - NWA 6696 (LL3.6)
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> Some new meteorites were added to the Met Bulletin today, including
> some new lunars.
>
> Hidden amongst the more exciting lunars is an unassuming LL3.6 - NWA
> 6696.
>
> This small 10g stone came in a batch of unclassified NWA that I
> purchased about 3 years ago.  Upon windowing this small stone, I saw
> an adundance of armored chondrules.  At first glance, it resembled a
> CR type.   I posted some photos to this list, a minor discussion
> ensued, and then the sample went off to the lab to be looked at by Dr.
> Alan Rubin.  Of course, it's not worthwhile for anyone to classify
> such a small OC when the 20/20 classification sample would only be 2
> grams.  So I offered to reverse the usual 20/20 arrangement - I'd keep
> 2 grams and the lab could keep the 8g "main mass".  Now the
> classification is official.
>
> I was hoping to sneak my name into the literature, but alas, I didn't
> get to see my name in lights. LOL
>
> It should be noted, that for collectors, this is going to be one of
> those impossible to acquire NWAs.  Given the low TKW and that 80% of
> the mass is sitting at UCLA, that leaves a scant 2g on the collector
> market.  A while back, I swapped a small endcut to Greg Catterton and
> I still retain a 1g slice that is polished on one side.  If anyone
> wants to make me an insane offer for the remaining 1g slice, I will
> entertain all such offers.  ;)
>
>
> >From the write-up :
>
> Northwest Africa 6696 (NWA 6696)
>
> Morocco
>
> Purchased: 2007
>
> Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.6)
>
> Classification: Ordinary chondrite, LL3.7. The olivine Fa distribution
> (Fa24.4±9.1) and low-Ca pyx Fs distribution (Fs12.3±7.1) are
> appreciably more heterogeneous than those of Dhajala (type 3.8),
> indicating a subtype <3.8. The meteorite contains abundant low-Ca
> clinopyroxene with polysynthetic twinnning (indicating type <4) and
> moderately abundant fine-grained matrix material (most consistent with
> type 3.0-3.6). Clear chondrule glass is most abundant in type 3.0-3.5;
> this meteorite lacks clear chondrule glass, implying a subtype >3.5.
> Hence, 

Re: [meteorite-list] My first classification - NWA 6696 (LL3.6)

[Larry Atkins]

Hi Mike, List,

Congrat's on your classification!

The way you described the meteorite as having armored chondrules and
thinking it was possibly a CR, then finding out it's an LL 3.6 made me
think of a very similar scenario that has recently played out for me. I
thought a chondrite I bought in 2008 was possibly a CR as did some
other list members and it turned out to be an LL 3.8. I'd like to see
pictures of yours Mike, I wonder if it looks similar. Here's a link to
pic's of my new classifications, NWA 6581, ( LL 6) and NWA 6582, the LL
3.8.

http://s934.photobucket.com/albums/ad190/alienrockfarm/


I saw that yours is 1 of only 16 meteorites with that classification,
so despite its "unassuming" status amongst a pile of lunars and such,
it's still a rarity!


Sincerely,
Larry Atkins
 
IMCA # 1941
Ebay alienrockfarm
 


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Sent: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 11:41 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] My first classification - NWA 6696 (LL3.6)


Hi List,

Some new meteorites were added to the Met Bulletin today, including
some new lunars.

Hidden amongst the more exciting lunars is an unassuming LL3.6 - NWA
6696.

This small 10g stone came in a batch of unclassified NWA that I
purchased about 3 years ago.  Upon windowing this small stone, I saw
an adundance of armored chondrules.  At first glance, it resembled a
CR type.   I posted some photos to this list, a minor discussion
ensued, and then the sample went off to the lab to be looked at by Dr.
Alan Rubin.  Of course, it's not worthwhile for anyone to classify
such a small OC when the 20/20 classification sample would only be 2
grams.  So I offered to reverse the usual 20/20 arrangement - I'd keep
2 grams and the lab could keep the 8g "main mass".  Now the
classification is official.

I was hoping to sneak my name into the literature, but alas, I didn't
get to see my name in lights. LOL

It should be noted, that for collectors, this is going to be one of
those impossible to acquire NWAs.  Given the low TKW and that 80% of
the mass is sitting at UCLA, that leaves a scant 2g on the collector
market.  A while back, I swapped a small endcut to Greg Catterton and
I still retain a 1g slice that is polished on one side.  If anyone
wants to make me an insane offer for the remaining 1g slice, I will
entertain all such offers.  ;)



From the write-up :


Northwest Africa 6696 (NWA 6696)

Morocco

Purchased: 2007

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.6)

Classification: Ordinary chondrite, LL3.7. The olivine Fa distribution
(Fa24.4±9.1) and low-Ca pyx Fs distribution (Fs12.3±7.1) are
appreciably more heterogeneous than those of Dhajala (type 3.8),
indicating a subtype <3.8. The meteorite contains abundant low-Ca
clinopyroxene with polysynthetic twinnning (indicating type <4) and
moderately abundant fine-grained matrix material (most consistent with
type 3.0-3.6). Clear chondrule glass is most abundant in type 3.0-3.5;
this meteorite lacks clear chondrule glass, implying a subtype >3.5.
Hence, 3.6 seems the most likely subtype.


Best regards,

MikeG

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[meteorite-list] My first classification - NWA 6696 (LL3.6)

[Galactic Stone & Ironworks]

Hi List,

Some new meteorites were added to the Met Bulletin today, including
some new lunars.

Hidden amongst the more exciting lunars is an unassuming LL3.6 - NWA 6696.

This small 10g stone came in a batch of unclassified NWA that I
purchased about 3 years ago.  Upon windowing this small stone, I saw
an adundance of armored chondrules.  At first glance, it resembled a
CR type.   I posted some photos to this list, a minor discussion
ensued, and then the sample went off to the lab to be looked at by Dr.
Alan Rubin.  Of course, it's not worthwhile for anyone to classify
such a small OC when the 20/20 classification sample would only be 2
grams.  So I offered to reverse the usual 20/20 arrangement - I'd keep
2 grams and the lab could keep the 8g "main mass".  Now the
classification is official.

I was hoping to sneak my name into the literature, but alas, I didn't
get to see my name in lights. LOL

It should be noted, that for collectors, this is going to be one of
those impossible to acquire NWAs.  Given the low TKW and that 80% of
the mass is sitting at UCLA, that leaves a scant 2g on the collector
market.  A while back, I swapped a small endcut to Greg Catterton and
I still retain a 1g slice that is polished on one side.  If anyone
wants to make me an insane offer for the remaining 1g slice, I will
entertain all such offers.  ;)


>From the write-up :

Northwest Africa 6696 (NWA 6696)

Morocco

Purchased: 2007

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (LL3.6)

Classification: Ordinary chondrite, LL3.7. The olivine Fa distribution
(Fa24.4±9.1) and low-Ca pyx Fs distribution (Fs12.3±7.1) are
appreciably more heterogeneous than those of Dhajala (type 3.8),
indicating a subtype <3.8. The meteorite contains abundant low-Ca
clinopyroxene with polysynthetic twinnning (indicating type <4) and
moderately abundant fine-grained matrix material (most consistent with
type 3.0-3.6). Clear chondrule glass is most abundant in type 3.0-3.5;
this meteorite lacks clear chondrule glass, implying a subtype >3.5.
Hence, 3.6 seems the most likely subtype.


Best regards,

MikeG

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[meteorite-list] Quick Carancas Question

[Michael Gilmer]

Hi List,

What was the largest, single, recovered specimen of Carancas?  (how
big was it, and does anyone have a photo?)

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Re: [meteorite-list] 99 Luft-bottles - sitting in my cabinet drawer

[Michael Gilmer]

Hi Shawn and List,

Thanks everyone for the kind comments.  Storing micromounts in glass
vials is probably not the most efficient way to do it, but I grew
tired of gemjars and membrane boxes.  No offense to gemjars and
membrane boxes of course!  In fact, I plan to purchase some larger
membrane boxes to store/display my polished amber pieces in, with
backlighting.  But, I found with gemjars, that the jars took up a lot
of space in my cabinet.  I can fit more vials into a drawer than
gemjars.

FWIW, I get my vials from eBay (one of the only things eBay is still
good for).  Strangely, I get them from a different seller every time
because I cannot find a single seller who consistently keeps them in
stock.  I did have one seller who had them for several months running,
but she eventually quit offering them.

My goal is to fill up the 6 small drawers in my cabinet with vials.  I
have 4 drawers remaining, and I can fit about 48-50 vials in each
drawer.  So I have room to expand my current collection considerably.
:)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 4/29/11, Shawn Alan  wrote:
> MikeG and Listers
>
> And this is one of the reasons but limited to of why I like to collect
> meteorite. No collection is the same and seeing your micro mount collection
> the the cork vials looks really cool and how you have it presented. Now have
> you found a way yet to present them if you were going to put them in a suit
> case of something of that nature? At any rate great collection with your
> micro mounts.
>
>
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633
> eBaystore
> http://shop.ebay.com/photophlow/m.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> [meteorite-list] 99 Luft-bottles - sitting in my cabinet drawerMichael
> Gilmer meteoritemike at gmail.com
> Thu Apr 28 20:52:39 EDT 2011
>
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> drawer
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>
> Hi List,
>
> I finished converting my micromount storage from 3ml glass vials to
> 5ml glass vials - the latter have a larger storage capacity and have a
> wider neck to accomodate larger fragments. I keep most of my tiny
> frags, crumbs, and dust in these glass vials. As of now, I have 2
> drawers filled with about 48 bottles each - this holds the majority of
> my micromount inventory. On average, each vial will hold about 2-5g
> of material, depending on the size of the fragments.
>
> I like these small bottles because they are air-tight, compact, and
> they let me see the contents at a glance. I also like the "old
> school" look of glass with corks.
>
> On the right is the NWA drawer, which holds all of my NWA micros. On
> the left is the drawer that holds named finds and falls (or non-NWA
> Saharans)
>
> Photo link -
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/new-micros-vials.jpg
>
> In the photo, from the bottom left to upper right -
>
> Drawer 1 (non-NWA)
>
> Allende
> Al Haggounia
> Ash Creek
> Bassikounou
> Bensour
> Breja
> Camel Donga
> Canyon Diablo spheroids
> Canyon Diablo shale
> Canyon Diablo crater sand
> Carancas
> Chergach
> DaG 477
> Dalgety Downs
> Daule
> Dawn(a)
> Dhofar 362
> Dimmitt
> El Hammami
> Ghubara
> Gold Basin
> Holbrook
> Huckitta
> Imilac (skeletons)
> Juancheng
> Kilabo
> Koltsovo
> La Criolla
> Lahoma
> Lanton
> Lemmon
> Northbranch
> Norton County
> Nuevo Mercurio
> Pallasovka
> Park Forest
> Portales Valley
> SAU 504
> Sulagiri
> Tamdakt
> Tatahouine
> Thuathe
> Travis(a)
> Tulia(b)
> Vaca Muerta
> Weston
> Zag
> Zunhua
>
>
> Drawer 2 (NWA) - (bottom left to upper right)
>
> 323
> 515
> 787
> 801
> 869 (peas)
> 869 (frags)
> 960
> 1877
> 2086
> 2778 (frags)
> 2778 (part slices)
> 2975
> 3134
> 3144
> 3152
> 3336
> 4292
> 4473
> 4528
> 4846
> 4688
> 4689
> 5054
> 5055
> 5129
> 5133
> 6026 (frags)
> 6026 (dust)
> 6075
> 6077
> 6080
> 6284
> 6287
> 6289
> 6391
> 6393
> 6387
> 6394
> uNWA (peas)
> Loose olivines
> Loose chondrules
> Loose olivines
> Empty vials x6
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
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[meteorite-list] 99 Luft-bottles - sitting in my cabinet drawer

[Shawn Alan]

MikeG and Listers
 
And this is one of the reasons but limited to of why I like to collect 
meteorite. No collection is the same and seeing your micro mount collection the 
the cork vials looks really cool and how you have it presented. Now have you 
found a way yet to present them if you were going to put them in a suit case of 
something of that nature? At any rate great collection with your micro mounts.
 

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[meteorite-list] 99 Luft-bottles - sitting in my cabinet drawerMichael Gilmer 
meteoritemike at gmail.com 
Thu Apr 28 20:52:39 EDT 2011 


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Hi List, 

I finished converting my micromount storage from 3ml glass vials to 
5ml glass vials - the latter have a larger storage capacity and have a 
wider neck to accomodate larger fragments. I keep most of my tiny 
frags, crumbs, and dust in these glass vials. As of now, I have 2 
drawers filled with about 48 bottles each - this holds the majority of 
my micromount inventory. On average, each vial will hold about 2-5g 
of material, depending on the size of the fragments. 

I like these small bottles because they are air-tight, compact, and 
they let me see the contents at a glance. I also like the "old 
school" look of glass with corks. 

On the right is the NWA drawer, which holds all of my NWA micros. On 
the left is the drawer that holds named finds and falls (or non-NWA 
Saharans) 

Photo link - 
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/new-micros-vials.jpg
 

In the photo, from the bottom left to upper right - 

Drawer 1 (non-NWA) 

Allende 
Al Haggounia 
Ash Creek 
Bassikounou 
Bensour 
Breja 
Camel Donga 
Canyon Diablo spheroids 
Canyon Diablo shale 
Canyon Diablo crater sand 
Carancas 
Chergach 
DaG 477 
Dalgety Downs 
Daule 
Dawn(a) 
Dhofar 362 
Dimmitt 
El Hammami 
Ghubara 
Gold Basin 
Holbrook 
Huckitta 
Imilac (skeletons) 
Juancheng 
Kilabo 
Koltsovo 
La Criolla 
Lahoma 
Lanton 
Lemmon 
Northbranch 
Norton County 
Nuevo Mercurio 
Pallasovka 
Park Forest 
Portales Valley 
SAU 504 
Sulagiri 
Tamdakt 
Tatahouine 
Thuathe 
Travis(a) 
Tulia(b) 
Vaca Muerta 
Weston 
Zag 
Zunhua 


Drawer 2 (NWA) - (bottom left to upper right) 

323 
515 
787 
801 
869 (peas) 
869 (frags) 
960 
1877 
2086 
2778 (frags) 
2778 (part slices) 
2975 
3134 
3144 
3152 
3336 
4292 
4473 
4528 
4846 
4688 
4689 
5054 
5055 
5129 
5133 
6026 (frags) 
6026 (dust) 
6075 
6077 
6080 
6284 
6287 
6289 
6391 
6393 
6387 
6394 
uNWA (peas) 
Loose olivines 
Loose chondrules 
Loose olivines 
Empty vials x6 

Best regards, 

MikeG 

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