[meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?
From: Jeff Kuyken <jeff_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:47 2004 Message-ID: <005b01c2e7b3$ebf41780$ccf436cb_at_default> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0058_01C2E80F.D54641A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable G'day List, Today I got to thinking how most of the 'Prestige' in meteorites = generally goes to the Achondrites, Pallasites etc. The good lookers! ;-) = So I thought I would throw this out to everyone and ask what your = favourite Ordinary Chondrite is because there are some really amazing = meteorites which this classification. It doesn't matter what your reason = is. It may be that it's just a really attractive piece or possibly the = story behind how it was found or fell. If everyone gets into the spirit = of it, I'll tally up all the answers in a week or so and let everyone = know the Top Picks! We may find some surprising results! You can give up = to 5 favourites and I'll start with these picks: 1) Knyachinya (L/LL5) - Birthday meteorite with great fresh crust and a = really nice colourful brecciated matrix. 2) Parnallee (LL3.6) - Put simply: Rare, Old and Awesome matrix.=20 3) NWA 965 (LL4) - Tiny TKW with a matrix choc full of multi-coloured = crisp chondrules. 4) Richfield (LL3.7) - If you haven't seen a larger piece or a good = photo of one; time to change that! 5) Bensour (LL6) - As fresh & dramatic as it gets. Whitish matrix with = jet black fusion crust! Too cool! Looking forward to hearing some responses, Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteoritesaustralia.com (P.S. It's not as easy as you think!) ------=_NextPart_000_0058_01C2E80F.D54641A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>G'day List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Today I got to thinking how most = of the=20 'Prestige' in meteorites generally goes to the Achondrites, = Pallasites etc.=20 The good lookers! ;-) So I thought I would throw this out to = everyone and=20 ask what your favourite Ordinary Chondrite is because there are some = really=20 amazing meteorites which this classification. It doesn't matter what = your reason=20 is. It may be that it's just a really attractive piece or possibly the = story=20 behind how it was found or fell. If everyone gets into the spirit = of=20 it, I'll tally up all the answers in a week or so and let = everyone=20 know the Top Picks! We may find some surprising results! You can give up = to 5 favourites and I'll start with=20 these picks:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>1) Knyachinya (L/LL5) - Birthday = meteorite with=20 great fresh crust and a really nice colourful brecciated = matrix.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>2) Parnallee (LL3.6) - Put simply: = Rare, Old=20 and Awesome matrix. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>3) NWA 965 (LL4) - Tiny TKW with a = matrix choc=20 full of multi-coloured crisp chondrules.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>4) Richfield (LL3.7) - If you haven't = seen a=20 larger piece or a good photo of one; time to change = that!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>5) Bensour (LL6) - As fresh & = dramatic as it=20 gets. Whitish matrix with jet black fusion crust! Too cool!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Looking forward to hearing some=20 responses,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Jeff Kuyken<BR>I.M.C.A. #3085<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com">www.meteoritesaustralia.com</= A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>(P.S. It's not as easy as you=20 think!)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0058_01C2E80F.D54641A0-- Received on Tue 11 Mar 2003 04:50:20 AM PST |
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