[meteorite-list] Zagora "CR2" & "NWA 801"

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:10 2004
Message-ID: <002e01c1be51$6bc22ac0$d6d00140_at_computer>

Bob, are you suggesting that every singe stone needs to be tested
individualy? The CR2 is about the easiest meteorite to recognize, when I go
there and buy them all from one man, in a batch who shows me where he found
them all, and they are clearly all CR2 pieces, I assume that they are the
same and sell them as such. If you want each stone individually tested, then
I need to know where to send the 3000 or so Gao pieces I have and ~500
Canyon Diablos to get them all confirmed.
I admit that many chondrites can be a problem, but in something as distinct
as the CR2 NWA 801 and the other #s already assigned, it seems to be a
massive waste of time and resourses to duplicate data that is clear in a
hand specimen.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 4:00 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Zagora "CR2" & "NWA 801"


> Hello Dean and All,
>
> In the eBay auction that Charlie Devine refers to, you
> stated:
>
> "Most dealers are just selling this meteorite as
> NWA801 which is one of the meteorites from this
> strewnfield that has been classified."
>
> If this is true, Dean, this could become a big problem
> for collectors. This could even make the valid
> specimens of NWA 801 (from the classified stone)
> suspect that they came from unclassified stones from
> the same locality. How can we tell the difference?
> At least you, Dean, have gone to the trouble to obtain
> NWA numbers for your stones. But many other people
> aren't concerning themselves with making this
> distinction. Even Charlie, in his original message,
> equated the stone in your auction with his endpiece of
> "this meteorite (NWA 801)" in his auction!
>
> What happens when one of these "NWA 801" stones on
> eBay, (or any of the other "CR2" stones for that
> matter) gets tested, and its classification comes back
> as something other than "CR2"?
>
> Bob V.
>
> ------------------ Original Message ----------------
> [meteorite-list] Zagora CR2 Inclusion
>
> Charlie Devine moonrock25_at_webtv.net
> Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:32:57 -0500 (EST)
>
> Dear List:
>
> Can anybody identify the inclusion in this specimen of
> the Zagora CR2?
> I have an endpiece of this meteorite (NWA 801) which
> shows a 3.5mm x 2mm inclusion that is virtually
> identical, in shape and color, to the inclusion shown
> in this sample. So I'm wondering.....
>
> See:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1077561890
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>
>
>
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