[meteorite-list] New meteorite
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:47:04 2004 Message-ID: <001601c1634e$3a886220$4e34b1d0_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C1631B.EE8EFE60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I think I have just recognized Burkina Faso's newest meteorite! I cut a = meteorite tonight in a batch of Gao that I got a while back. It looked = different, 400 grams, many more regmaglypts than any Gao I have seen, = and smooth areas without fusion crust. I cut it and to my glee, it is an = impact-melt chondrite, looks very much like Cat Mountain, large swirls = of metal melt areas! I know there have been some molten Gao pieces, but = I think this one is too different to be Gao.=20 Mike Farmer ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C1631B.EE8EFE60 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 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think I have just recognized Burkina = Faso's=20 newest meteorite! I cut a meteorite tonight in a batch of Gao that I got = a while=20 back. It looked different, 400 grams, many more regmaglypts than any Gao = I have=20 seen, and smooth areas without fusion crust. I cut it and to my glee, it = is an=20 impact-melt chondrite, looks very much like Cat Mountain, large swirls = of metal=20 melt areas! I know there have been some molten Gao pieces, but I think = this one=20 is too different to be Gao. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0013_01C1631B.EE8EFE60-- Received on Thu 01 Nov 2001 10:26:56 PM PST |
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