[meteorite-list] Metal-Rich diogenite-Dazed and Confused

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:20:57 2004
Message-ID: <013a01c340b9$18265a80$5331ef42_at_computer>

Yep, that is correct, the desert is wonderful for giving us these enigmas!
Mike Farmer
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From: <j.divelbiss_at_att.net>
To: "Michael Farmer" <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Metal-Rich diogenite-Dazed and Confused


> Mike, Adam and others,
>
> Let's see if I've got this straight?
>
> We started off with Mesosiderites and Diogenites. Now we have
Mesosiderites,
> Eucrite-rich Mesosiderites, possibly (not sure)Diogenite-rich
Mesosiderites,
> extra-Metal rich Mesosiderites, Olivine-rich Mesosiderites to plain-old
> Diogenites including white(Bilanga) and green(Tatahouine) ones...and now
we
> can have a Metal-rich Diogenite that looks like a Mesosiderite, and an
Olivine-
> rich Diogenite without an official name that is not a Diogenite. I've got
to
> lay down...I'm dizzy.
>
> As one of my professors once said, "the more we learn, the dumber we get".
It
> looks like that is the case for these two areas of meteoritics.
>
> ...in the Twilight Zone.
>
> John
> > People, this is the most amazing and stunningly beautiful meteorite I
have seen
> > come out of NWA other than NWA482.
> > In any other circumstance, it would sell for likely several hundred
dollars per
> > gram.
> > I have just loaded some killer little pieces on my website, for $25.00
gram,
> > still a super low price, but more in line with the value of this
material.
> > This meteorite will have the world talking, an achondrite, iron
impactor, so
> > beautiful.
> >
> > Mike Farmer
> > http://www.meteoriteguy.com/nwa1827.htm
> >
>
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Received on Wed 02 Jul 2003 12:43:39 PM PDT