Re: [meteorite-list] Nature Magazine Honors Urals Meteorite Hunter (Chelyabinsk)
I had the pleasure of visiting Dr Grokhovskiy in his laboratory at Urals university in Yekaterinburg. The lab was gorgeous, the meteorites even better! Congrats to the Russian researchers who made Chelyabinsk such a successful meteorite fall and hunt. Michael Farmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - NWA 8161 Martian
Seasons Greetings Bulletin Watchers, There is a recent update to the Met Bulletin. The new approval is NWA 8161, a poikilitic shergottite. Link - http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/index.php?code=58489 Write-up : Northwest Africa 8161 (NWA 8161) Morocco Purchased: 2013 Classification: Martian meteorite (Shergottite) History: Purchased by Aziz Habibi in Morocco, 2013. Physical characteristics: Several fragments that fit together to form a nearly complete stone. Shiny black crust, broken surface reveals polycrystalline texture with millimeter-sized grains Petrography: (C. Agee, UNM) Microprobe examination of a polished epoxy mount shows ~40% olivine, ~40% pyroxene, ~10% maskelynite, ubiquitous Cr-Ti-Fe oxides; sulfide present. Pyroxenes and olivines are heavily shocked, grain size ranges from 200-2000 μm. Geochemistry: (C. Agee and N. Muttik, UNM) EMPA. Olivine Fa40.1±3.7, Fe/Mn=52±1, n=12; pigeonite Fs28.6±2.7Wo9.7±2.7, Fe/Mn=30±1, n=23; augite Fs19.4±1.9Wo32.0±4.4, Fe/Mn=27±1, n=9; maskelynite Or2.3±0.4Ab47.2±3.0An50.5±3.2, n=8. Classification: Martian meteorite (shergottite, poikilitic) Specimens: 20.5 g including microprobe mount on deposit UNM, Aziz Habibi holds the main mass. - Best regards and Happy Huntings, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois reporting BRIGHT meteor.
Just in case it hasn't been posted yet! Regards and have a happy new year! Tom __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Breaking News - Large Meteor Event MI, IA, MO, SD Approx. 17'45 CST 26DEC2013
List, Breaking News - Large Meteor Event MI, IA, MO, SD Approx. 17'45 CST 26DEC2013 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/12/breaking-news-large-meteor-event-mi-ia.html Dirk Ross...Tokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] 2 more events CA/MX Meteor --- AZ Meteor 26DEC2013
2 more events CA/MX Meteor --- AZ Meteor 26DEC2013 California US / Baja MX Meteor Approx. 2100 PST 26DEC2013 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/12/california-us-baja-mx-meteor-26dec2013.html Arizona Meteor Approx. 18:30:00 MST 26DEC2013 http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2013/12/arizona-meteor-26dec2013.html Dirk RossTokyo __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: GRA 95209 Contributed by: AMN http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
