Hello everyone, The NWA desert continues to thrill us this with unique and
amazing specimens. NWA 8276 is just such a meteorite. It is the second L3.00
and is possibly paired to NWA 7731. NWA 8276 features a rich, black crust and
a yellowish matrix densely packed with chondrules. Extensive
If you contact Adam directly for a purchase, please let me know so I can mark
it as sold on the website.
Mendy Ouzillou
On Mar 10, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hello everyone, The NWA desert continues to thrill us this with unique and
amazing specimens. NWA
John,
That is a great question and one that deserves an educated response. I will do
my best, but hopefully Carl can chime in.
We went back and forth on listing the shock for this stone and ultimately felt
it would be confusing. Shock equals heat and this stone being a 3.00 has had no
Probably none of my business, but I would have some thin sections
made. We did that for NWA 7731 for research and they are spectacular.
The porphyritic chondrules -- dazzling and crystal clear!
Carl Agee
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Carl B. Agee
Director and Curator, Institute of
Carl,
Your comments and questions are always welcome and I am already looking into it
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Can you comment on the shock question below?
Mendy Ouzillou
- Original Message -
From: Carl Agee a...@unm.edu
To: Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com
Cc: kashuba mary.kash...@verizon.net;
Mendy, Adam, List,
Congratulations on discovering this special rock. I saw it in Adam's room
in Tucson and we talked about it. A 3.00 calls to every collector. But
there was no shock rating so I was reluctant to buy. There was another
valuable stone at another dealer that I passed on for the
Yes, I think you are hung-up on shock! Please take a look at the
MetBull entry if you want see an example of highest quality write-up
(JMHO). We literally included the kitchen sink on this one,
publication quality data set -- mainly because a 3.00 doesn't come
along every day.
Best regards,
Carl
Hi John,
NWA 8276 was analyzed completely independently of NWA 7731, although
we also did that one. Each one has its own data set.
Carl
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Carl B. Agee
Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
MSC03 2050
University
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