[meteorite-list] Stony-Iron Nuggets

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:24 2004
Message-ID: <F15CN0fm3pggyppysg300022f58_at_hotmail.com>

Hello Mike (and list),

Yes, the Atacama is the driest place in the world. I think I remember
hearing places where it hadnt rained in over 500 years. Dean Bessey had
some artifacts made of wood that were remarkable well preserved after
thousands of years. A few grave markers he had (or has) were really neat.

I have seen the Imilacs with the holes you are referring to. I have also
seen large Imilacs cut in half that just look yellow and with small holes
throughout and without brillant olivine. Wind seems to be only part of the
weathering process there.

If there was however a rain of nuggets I do not see how a person would tell
the difference, from a weather nugget to a weathered skeleton. Do you know
of any Imilacs with any fusion crust? Please do not take my questioning in
a negative way, I am just being curious. I have always referred to Imilac
skeletons as pieces were the olivine has weathered away, as it says in the
auctions I run.

Thanks again, Mark


>From: "Michael Farmer" <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
>To: "MARK BOSTICK"
><thebigcollector_at_msn.com>,<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stony-Iron Nuggets
>Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:09:53 -0700
>
>The imilac pieces had olivine, many of them have holes where the olivine
>has
>been weathered out.
>the olivine is softer and the blowing sand of Chile eats the olivine away.
>It is not water weathering, The Atacama is the driest place on earth.
>Mike Farmer
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>
>To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:58 AM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Stony-Iron Nuggets
>
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently recieved an e-mail on the Admire Pallasite crystals I have on
> > eBay. Basically asking why the Admire metal likes to rust away leaving
> > mostly just stained olivine crystals. In the e-mail the meteorite
> > collector, referred to the Imilac "skeletons" as an opposite. The metal
> > were the olivine has weathered away. Which brings me to the
>following....
> >
> > The Esterville (MES) and the Glorietta Mountain (PAL) stony irons rained
>a
> > lot of metal nuggets. I traded for a few Glorietta Mountain iron nuggets
>a
> > few weeks ago and they appear quite stable (and do look a lot like
> > Taza...with less rust). Anyway it got me thinking that most of the
>imilac
> > "skeletons" might never had any olivine on them. That they might just
>be
> > the "nuggets" that have weathered. While I am sure that is not always
>the
> > case I was wondering if any one thinks this is possible.
> >
> > Thanks, Mark
> >
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