[meteorite-list] Bizarre Stone Found in the Sahara
From: (wrong string) ørn Sørheim <bsoerhei_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:04 2004 Message-ID: <200312261952.UAA21820_at_mail47.fg.online.no> >From Moon, Mars or Earth then... Regards, Bjørn Sørheim At 08:08 26.12.03 -0800, you wrote: >Dear Charles and List Members, > >Sorry about turning this stone into a mystery but none of our team members >or the field scientist can identify what class of meteorite this odd stone >will fall into, if any. Dr. Irving is coming by today to certify the weight >of this meteorite and to remove a type specimen for study. We will be able >to give more details and pictures after the meteorite is cut and team >members are offered a first glance at the images. All of our observations >so far have been made by examining a broken surface under a microscope. > >A few interesting observations are that: > >It is oriented >It has flow lines on the exterior >It has an extremely thin black fusion crust >It is a fragmental breccia >It is vesiculated >It has no metal >It is an achondrite >It contains small gem quality crystals of various habits and color >throughout the matrix >and several other odd features > >Like we said, we have no idea what class this will fall into. > >All the best, > >Adam Hupe >The Hupe Collection >IMCA 2185 > > > >Hi Adam and team, > >Congrats on your successful trip. > >>We can not even try to describe one of the meteorites because it is so >>bizarre, smells like another contest! > >Hoping you publish a picture of this soon so everyone can take a stab at >it. It should be fun, and great new content for the list. > >Regards, >CharlyV Received on Fri 26 Dec 2003 02:52:22 PM PST |
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