[meteorite-list] NWA 482- Show me the literature!
From: Meteordealer <meteor.dealer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:38 2004 Message-ID: <002d01c0a99b$795c6fe0$bd7e0304_at_vz.dsl.genuity.net> Like i said earlier, Palo Blanco Creek is a Brecciated Eucrite with clasts and shockveins of black glass. The photos of it that i've seen are very similar to NWA 482 except for the fact that it's weathered. If it was fresh you probably couldn't tell the two apart. Brad Sampson meteor.dealer_at_gte.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <meteorites_at_space.com> To: <meteor.dealer_at_gte.net>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 482- Show me the literature! > Yes, > > When I first saw it, a 360 gram endpiece at the Tuscan show I thought it looked exactly like Cumberland Falls, an aubrite. However, the dark veins were a distinct melt, a glass, and these even on the microscopic level penetrated the white areas, which I immediately recognized as anorthosite. > > I thought then and there that what I was looking at was a sample of lunar highlands, with melt veins from impacts. > > This meteorite is unique. > > And I wish I had a piece of it for my collection-- but the price is way, way beyond me. > > The papers will come out-- that I am sure. > > Regards, > Steve Schoner AMS > http://www.geocities.com/american_meteorite_survey > > > On Fri, 09 March 2001, "Meteordealer" wrote: > > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > > <HTML><HEAD> > > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > > <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> > > <STYLE></STYLE> > > </HEAD> > > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > > <DIV><FONT size=2>I thought it was a Eucrite as well. Looks similar to Palo > > Blanco Creek.</FONT></DIV> > > <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> > > <DIV>Brad Sampson<BR><A > > href="mailto:meteor.dealer_at_gte.net">meteor.dealer@gte.net</A><BR></DIV> > > <BLOCKQUOTE > > style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> > > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> > > <DIV > > style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> > > <A title=GShanos_at_aol.com href="mailto:GShanos_at_aol.com">GShanos@aol.com</A> > > </DIV> > > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A > > title=meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > href="mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteoritece ntral.com</A> > > </DIV> > > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 09, 2001 11:21 > > PM</DIV> > > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] NWA 482- Show > > me the literature!</DIV> > > <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Dear List Members: > > <BR><BR>Regarding all the recent "buzz" about this new lunar meteorite, where > > is the <BR>primary literature reference(s) describing its authenticity? > > Not that I have <BR>any douts, but man it really resembles a eucrite or > > aubrite achondrite. Look <BR>forward to hearing from everyone. > > <BR><BR>Sincerely <BR>Greg Shanos <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com. Received on Sat 10 Mar 2001 02:51:17 PM PST |
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