[meteorite-list] What is this?
From: Robert Beauford <wendirob_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:38 2004 Message-ID: <001301c0a93a$35791960$664897cc_at_wendirob> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C0A8FF.888AD2A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Any opinions on this item would be greatly appreciated. I purchased this as Dhofar 020, but I'm pretty sure it isn't... even = though I've never seen a Dhofar 020 cut. The type doesn't fit the = appearance. My first thought was that it isn't a meteorite, but after microscopic = examination I'm not sure. It looks like a highly altered chondrite with = heavy shock or melt veining (even more than is visible in the pic). = Several things that seem to have once been chondrules.... =20 Iron rich, but not a single speck of metalic metal. http://laplaza.org/~wendirob/met1temp.jpg ??? Thanks all! -Robert Beauford : ) ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C0A8FF.888AD2A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Any opinions on this item would be greatly=20 appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I purchased this as Dhofar 020, but I'm pretty sure = it=20 isn't... even though I've never seen a Dhofar 020 cut. The = type=20 doesn't fit the appearance.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>My first thought was that it isn't a meteorite, = but after=20 microscopic examination I'm not sure. It looks like a highly = altered=20 chondrite with heavy shock or melt veining (even more than is = visible in=20 the pic). Several things that seem to have once been = chondrules.... =20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Iron rich, but not a single speck of metalic=20 metal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://laplaza.org/~wendirob/met1temp.jpg">http://laplaza.org/~we= ndirob/met1temp.jpg</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thanks all!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>-Robert Beauford : = )</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C0A8FF.888AD2A0-- Received on Sat 10 Mar 2001 03:15:02 AM PST |
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