Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know?

2008-04-16 Thread Mark Ford
; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know? Hi L.A., Listees, Just the white powdery "CAI" material which represents a small fraction of Allende is the old snuff ... There are probably other carbonaceou

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know?

2008-04-15 Thread star-bits
Dark Matter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Here is what I wrote on my web page. First let me say that my comments were about relative age and not how primitive vigarano is. As Jeff mentioned that is another matter entirely. Second there are different methods for determining age.

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite?

2008-04-15 Thread Dark Matter
Hi Alex, Ahhh Krymka. One of my favorites. Here's a pair of pics of my slice: http://www.meteorite.com/MT_links/2003/March/1krymka.jpg http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2002/December/2specimen01.jpg I got to visit Semarkona at the Smithsonian. It is a spiritual experience. I sent my pi

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite?

2008-04-15 Thread Alexander Seidel
Has any SEMARKONA [Indian fall of 1940, type LL3.0 (S2)] ever been distributed to private collectors??? I very much doubt so. One of the "next best" primitive meteorites from Jeff´s first category, which has surely arrived at the collector´s scene, is the KRYMKA meteorite [Ukrainian fall of 1946,

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite?

2008-04-15 Thread Jeff Grossman
There are two meanings to the word "primitive" that are in common use among researchers: 1) It means that the meteorite was relatively unaffected by secondary processes that occurred on asteroids, including thermal metamorphism, melting, shock effects, and aqueous alteration. These meteorites

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite?

2008-04-15 Thread Dave Harris
Yep - I reckon either Tagish or Orgueil. My 2mg worth Dave IMCA #0092 Sec.BIMS www.bimsociety.org __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know?

2008-04-15 Thread Dark Matter
Doug > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Walter Branch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 6:42 am > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primi

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know?

2008-04-15 Thread mexicodoug
t: Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know? Hi Doug,    What about Tagish Lake?    -Walter Branch    - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;   Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:33 AM

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know?

2008-04-15 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Doug, What about Tagish Lake? -Walter Branch - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:33 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know

Re: [meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know?

2008-04-15 Thread mexicodoug
Then, several listmembers may be older and know better, Best wishes and nice to see you posting, Doug -Original Message- From: Leigh Anne DelRay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 2:22 am Subject: [meteorite-list] what is the mo

[meteorite-list] what is the most primitve meteorite? or do we even know?

2008-04-14 Thread Leigh Anne DelRay
Dear Listees~ I was wondering if anyone knows what the oldest (as in most primitive) meteorite is? I was thinking it was Allende, b/c it is believed to be of extra-solar origin, but is there another one that is more primitive than that? Is there one that is older than our own solar system? Thanks