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

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

OOOhppps, you're certainly right - how could I forget
the great oriented nakhlite Lafayette!? Of course, it
should be included in my Top 10, just have to think
about where exatly ;-)

Thanks to Dave and Charlie for the heads up.

Best,
Norbert

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>
> Hey Norbert! You left out that "Classic" Indiana
> meteorite "LaFayette!!! ;)
> Dave
>
>
> > 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
>
>
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Received on Sat 06 Dec 2003 08:56:32 PM PST