[meteorite-list] Mystery Meteorite Contest II

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From: Deborah Martin <dak_mar_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:23 2004
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030201001913.01e5be78_at_alcor.concordia.ca>

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>Specimen number 1: This meteorite has a brown crust, is only very slightly
>magnetic to a most powerful magnet, has white clasts in a gray matrix and
>there is no sign of a basaltic texture or clast.

A lunar anorthositic breccia (Possibly Dho 490 ?)

>Specimen number 2: This meteorite has a translucent black crust, has no
>metal, every square centimeter is filled with shock veins and the matrix
>is off-white with a greenish hue.

A basaltic eucrite (Possibly NWA 011 which supposedly hails from Mercury)

>Specimen number 3: This meteorite has a translucent greenish-black crust,
>is only very slightly magnetic to a most powerful magnet and has white and
>black clasts situated in a light gray matrix.

A brecciated Howardite (Kapoeta ?)

Thanks for a great contest

Andre Bordeleau

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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Specimen number 1:
This meteorite has a brown crust, is only very slightly magnetic to a
most powerful magnet, has white clasts in a gray matrix and there is no
sign of a basaltic texture or clast.</blockquote> 
A lunar anorthositic breccia (Possibly Dho 490 ?) 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Specimen number 2:
This meteorite has a translucent black crust, has no metal, every square
centimeter is filled with shock veins and the matrix is off-white with a
greenish hue.</blockquote> 
A basaltic eucrite (Possibly NWA 011 which supposedly hails from
Mercury) 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Specimen number 3:
This meteorite has a translucent greenish-black crust, is only very
slightly magnetic to a most powerful magnet and has white and black
clasts situated in a light gray matrix. </blockquote> 
A brecciated Howardite (Kapoeta ?) 
Thanks for a great contest 
Andre Bordeleau</body>
 
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