[meteorite-list] Nice rocks this time!

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:00 2004
Message-ID: <3C5D7542.3010700_at_fascination.com>

I was leaning toward some type of petrifed algae and/or oolites on half
of his specimens. The other stuff with the white in it is some form of
chert-sedimentary rock at a glance.

There are hundreds of miles of this stuff in the western US.
DF

Robert & Wendi Beauford wrote:

>>Now, I know these here may not be celestials, but I appreciate it if you
>>could tell me what they might be:
>>http://pages.britishlibrary.net/mhy10/meteor/grn.htm
>>Cheers....
>>Mohamed
>>
>
>This may well be the only positive thing I've said to you so far, Mohamed.
>You have found some very nice rocks this time. I don't know what that green
>stuff is (you are correct, it is not meteorite), but it looks like it would
>make some absolutely fabulous cabachons. Go for a good pale green blending
>to white with some of that rich black matrix spider webbing it, and, if it
>comes out the way that it looks like it might, you could be in a 50cent/gram
>or better range on the finished cabs.
>Also, with that gorgeous waxy surface and the conchoidal fracture the stuff
>has, be sure to look around the area and check for artifacts. The stuff may
>well have been worked into tools by early people.
>Good find this time!
>-Robert Beauford : )
>
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