Hello All,
Hope everyone is having a pleasant and apparently quiet weekend.
This post is directed to those of us who have specimens of Karoonda (CK4) in
their collection that are greater than 2grams.
I realize that it is highly unlikely that none are available, but I am curious
how many 2g
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Karoonda specimens larger than 2grams
Hello All,
Hope everyone is having a pleasant and apparently quiet weekend.
This post is directed
Hello Bob and list,
For those of you who have held onto Edwin Thompson Meteorites mail order
catalogs dating from October 1984 up until the Spring 2001 final catalog, there
are a number of sizeable pieces of Karoonda. In fact, until recently I still
had very nice thin sections of Karoonda. I
Hello Bob and List,
Remember that 84 gram beauty in Bob Haag's 1989 Catalogue
(p. 14), 1991 Catalogue (p.35), 1997 Catalogue (p. 35), and,
2003 = The Robert Haag Collection of Meteorites (p. 85):
AMNH trade... but that's surely the exception to the rule!
So you are absolutely right: Sizeable
I recently purchased a .1g piece of Karoonda, (a CC of type CK4) to
replace a similar size piece that I destroyed last week by merely
showing it to someone. I had it in a glass top sample can, mounted on
cotton. I removed the lid and we placed it under the scope. When
finished, I pressed the lid
, August 09, 2003 11:49 PM
To: Charles R. Viau; 'Meteorite Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Karoonda - what a fragile thing it is.
Karoonda is very fragile, and I would say that Tagish Lake and Orguiel
are
by far the most fragil meteorites known.
Mike Farmer
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I recently purchased a .1g piece of Karoonda, (a CC of type CK4) to
replace a similar size piece that I destroyed last week by merely
showing it to someone. I had it in a glass top sample can, mounted on
cotton. I removed the lid and we
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