[meteorite-list] Meteoright? -photos
From: MexicoDoug_at_aol.com <MexicoDoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:03 2004 Message-ID: <25.42712ab7.2d1a7e9d_at_aol.com> --part1_25.42712ab7.2d1a7e9d_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://community.webshots.com/album/106219825vellHy resend with new link above (Thanks Mark, A, L, and others who wrote me askin= g=20 for the image) OK, I have yet another try of posting photos, so this should finally work.= =A0=20 The following stone, basically teardrop shaped, 1 cm X 1 cm X 0.6 cm, or 1 c= m X=20 0.6 cm X 0.6 cm depending how you measure, weighing in the neighborhood of 1= =20 g was found by me in a very desertic area, in a water runoff that probably=20 gets rained on once a year.=A0 It sticks to my OEM poor quality speaker magn= et, and=20 jumps up to a stronger magnet with a click.=A0 The surface has a distinctly=20 rusty coating, though it appears that a blackened layer may be under.=A0 It=20 initially leaves a light rust colored streak on the back of a ceramic tile b= ut that=20 seems to stop completely as the outer oxidation is removed.=A0 I took it to=20= the=20 side of the cutting surface of a home ceramic tile cutting wheel to make a=20 window, which was crude, so I smoothed with sandpaper.=A0 Neither before or=20= after=20 the sanding was I able to see any green crystalline evidence, but the sandin= g=20 brought out shiny metal, intersperced in a gray matrix.=A0 Some rust remains= on=20 the window as I didn't want to shave the pebble away.=A0 Whether there are=20 chondrules in the face I don't know, there appear darker spots, and I'd appr= eciate it=20 if the list can tell me if they see fusion crust, which I think I see,=20 but...I have no reference collectings and resident experts around.=A0 I am p= retty=20 convinced that this one (of my 17 candidates is a meteorite, but I could be=20 biased.=A0 15 of the other 16 are already eliminated.=A0 Please give me a ha= nd on this=20 one.=A0 All pictures are of the same stone, at the limit of my digital camer= a=20 resolution.=A0 The true color is in between the bright and shadow shot in Me= t-1.=A0=20 Is it? Thanks! Doug --part1_25.42712ab7.2d1a7e9d_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=3D2 PTSIZE=3D10 FAMILY= =3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><A HREF=3D"http://community.webshot= s.com/album/106219825vellHy">http://community.webshots.com/album/106219825ve= llHy</A><BR> <BR> resend with new link above (Thanks Mark, A, L, and others who wrote me askin= g for the image)<BR> <BR> OK, I have yet another try of posting photos, so this should finally work.= =A0 The following stone, basically teardrop shaped, 1 cm X 1 cm X 0.6 cm, or= 1 cm X 0.6 cm X 0.6 cm depending how you measure, weighing in the neighborh= ood of 1 g was found by me in a very desertic area, in a water runoff that p= robably gets rained on once a year.=A0 It sticks to my OEM poor quality spea= ker magnet, and jumps up to a stronger magnet with a click.=A0 The surface h= as a distinctly rusty coating, though it appears that a blackened layer may=20= be under.=A0 It initially leaves a light rust colored streak on the back of=20= a ceramic tile but that seems to stop completely as the outer oxidation is r= emoved.=A0 I took it to the side of the cutting surface of a home ceramic ti= le cutting wheel to make a window, which was crude, so I smoothed with sandp= aper.=A0 Neither before or after the sanding was I able to see any green cry= stalline evidence, but the sanding brought out shiny metal, intersperced in=20= a gray matrix.=A0 Some rust remains on the window as I didn't want to shave=20= the pebble away.=A0 Whether there are chondrules in the face I don't know, t= here appear darker spots, and I'd appreciate it if the list can tell me if t= hey see fusion crust, which I think I see, but...I have no reference collect= ings and resident experts around.=A0 I am pretty convinced that this one (of= my 17 candidates is a meteorite, but I could be biased.=A0 15 of the other=20= 16 are already eliminated.=A0 Please give me a hand on this one.=A0 All pict= ures are of the same stone, at the limit of my digital camera resolution.= =A0 The true color is in between the bright and shadow shot in Met-1.=A0 Is=20= it? Thanks!<BR> Doug<BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_25.42712ab7.2d1a7e9d_boundary-- Received on Wed 24 Dec 2003 12:31:09 AM PST |
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