Good evening Dean, and Folks,
My first impression was that the specimen was a spectacular piece of
pre-historic peanut brittle.
Then, the big let down when the after-cutting photo showed it to be nothing
more than lunar-oxidized platinum.
Well, Dean--You almost had a keeper! Better
If it's not meteoritic (and I would make a thin section to be sure) it could
be ejecta but the question then becomes from what volcano? Seems the Italian
ones would be closest maybe, and that's a terribly long flight, you going to
have to think real hard for a terrestrial origin. So, unless you
Hi Dean,
It looks like ferrochromanganese.
http://meteorite-identification.com/Hot%20Rocks/ferrochromanganese.html
http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/2007/jul07.htm
best,
Ken
http://meteorite-identification.com/
dean bessey wrote:
I got a little excited about this a short while ago
(until
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