[meteorite-list] Nice Chondrules

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:56 2004
Message-ID: <3C593032.3030101_at_fascination.com>

Dear List and Mohamed;
What I see is a terresterial rock made up of probably oolitic shale
meteorwrong, or oolitic calciferious shale meteorwrong.
I sell lapidary quality brown/tan oolite from Eocene for $5 a pound. It
does look like chondrite at a very brief glance. Texas has nicely
preserved oolites too! This sample looks much better than the former
Lunars. Keep Trying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best,
Dave Freemansef

Graham Christensen wrote:

> Hello Mohammed,
> Very interesting but I think your identification is wrong. Your
> 'chondrules' appear to be made of a white crystal, possibly quartz. I
> have never heard of a meteorite with quartz in it.
>
> Your 'fusion crust' does sort of look like a meteorite but... If you
> look at the rock underneath the crust you will see layers. Meteorites
> never have layers. I suspect it is sand stone. It does have an
> interesting shape though, I have seen similarily shaped sandstone near
> a dry salt lake.
>
> And finally, your 'flow lines' are probably formed by rain. Notice how
> they all seem to be oriented upwards. Also, flow lines are only seen
> on fresh fusion crust and most fusion crust is dark except on some
> achondrite.
>
> I am not an expert but I have spent quite a few years looking for
> meteorites myself. I hope I havn't discouraged you at all. The
> meteorites are out there, keep searching.
>
> By the way there is a nice gallery of meteorites at:
> http://www.meteorite.com/gallery
> Check it out, it will give you a better idea of what a meteorite looks
> like.
>
> Happy hunting.
>
> ************************************************************
> Graham Christensen
> majorvoltage_at_hotmail.com
> http://www.geocities.com/aerolitehunter
>
>
>> From: "DiamondMeteor" <DiamondMeteor_at_hotmail.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Nice Chondrules
>> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:21:39 +0400
>>
>> Dear List;
>>
>> Please have a look at these nice chonrules.
>> http://pages.britishlibrary.net/mhy10/meteor/chnd.htm
>>
>> Also these nice fusion crust:
>> http://pages.britishlibrary.net/mhy10/meteor/fc.htm
>>
>> Also these nice flow lines:
>> http://pages.britishlibrary.net/mhy10/meteor/fl.htm
>>
>> Cheers
>> Mohamed
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