[meteorite-list] PORTALES
From: robert szep <zeprox_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:31 2004 Message-ID: <001c01c20cf5$cbbd5920$881633ce_at_zeprox> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C20CBB.0BCB84A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello List...=20 In my opinion, Rhett's explaination of how Portales was formed makes a = great deal of sense. Especially where he discusses the Widmansatten = structure found in the thick metallic veins associated with the = metal-rich specimens from that mixed fall.=20 The basic fact that meteorites with the general resemblance of ordinary = chondrites, plummeted to earth along side of meteorites with an = appearance similar to that of a silicated iron during a singular = witnessed fall event is not only unusual, it is unprecidented.=20 By the way, there is an excellent image of a 16 pound ... that's POUND, = not gram, 'SLICE' of PORTALES VALLEY METAL-RICH METEORITE featured in = The Third Millennium Meteorite Calendar - 2003 edition.=20 For those who would like to see a full-size image of the calendar page = featuring the PORTALES specimen, just send me an email reqesting the = image and I'll email you a copy.=20 Robert A Szep. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C20CBB.0BCB84A0 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 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello List... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In my opinion, = Rhett's explaination of how=20 Portales was formed makes a great deal of sense. Especially where he = discusses=20 the Widmansatten structure found in the thick metallic veins associated = with the=20 metal-rich specimens from that mixed fall. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The basic fact that meteorites with the = general resemblance of ordinary chondrites, plummeted to earth = along side=20 of meteorites with an appearance similar to that of a silicated iron = during a=20 singular witnessed fall event is not only unusual, it is=20 unprecidented. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>By the way, there is an excellent image = of a 16=20 pound ... that's POUND, not gram, 'SLICE' of PORTALES VALLEY METAL-RICH=20 METEORITE featured in The Third Millennium Meteorite Calendar - 2003 = edition.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>For those who would like to see a = full-size=20 image of the calendar page featuring the PORTALES specimen, just send me = an=20 email reqesting the image and I'll email you a copy. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Robert A Szep. =20 </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01C20CBB.0BCB84A0-- Received on Wed 05 Jun 2002 09:01:41 PM PDT |
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