[meteorite-list] AW: Classic meteorites - my Top 10

From: Norbert Classen <trifid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:39 2004
Message-ID: <NCBBKMGDKLMGIBALJOFCOEILDOAA.trifid_at_timewarp.de>

Hi John, and List,

If you hadn't added the word "classic" I would have
placed the new lunar Dhofar 908 on nr. one, for obvious
reasons. Doesn't matter, there are also lots of great
classic meteorites, and here's my Top 10:

1. Chassigny (martian dunite, and witnessed fall)
2. Nakhla (martian clinopyroxenite, and witnessed fall)
3. Shergotty (martian basalt, and witnessed fall)
4. Calcalong Creek (the first non-Antarctic lunar)
5. Ensisheim (yes, the only chondrite in my listing)
6. Governador Valadares (nakhlite find from Brazil)
7. Ibitira (vesicular eucrite fall from Brazil)
8. Novo-Urei (the first ureilite - yum, yum ;-)
9. Acapulco (now, that's a neat one, isn't it?)
10. Aubres (another type specimen, and a real beauty)

I know that this list might not fit into your definition
of "classic" meteorites, but that's my take of it ;-)

All the best,
Norbert

-----Original Message-----

Top 10 Classic Meteorites

1. Sikhote-Alin: an iron from a Russian fall in 1947
2. Canyon Diablo: an iron found near Meteor Crater, USA
3. Allende: a carbonaceous chondrite fall in Mexico in 1969
4. Gibeon: an iron found in Africa
5. Gao: a stone from a 1960 fall in Burkino Faso
6. Murchison: an awesome carbonaceous fall in Australia in 1969
7. Esquel: a pallasite type stony-iron found in South America
8. Zagami: a 1962 Martian fall in Nigeria, Africa
9. Henbury: an iron found in Australia
10. Vaca Muerta: a mesosiderite type stony-iron found in South America
Received on Sat 06 Dec 2003 07:42:33 PM PST