[meteorite-list] Bizarre Stone Found in the Sahara

From: Michel Franco <michel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:04 2004
Message-ID: <00f201c3cc92$12b9bdc0$97db3351_at_cailloubi12zzr>

Dear Adam,

Have you a photo photo main mass or of a section ?
This will help probably.

Best regards

Michel FRANCO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bjørn Sørheim" <bsoerhei_at_online.no>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bizarre Stone Found in the Sahara


> >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
>
>
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Received on Sat 27 Dec 2003 10:57:04 AM PST