[meteorite-list] What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:47 2004
Message-ID: <20030311114449.19319.qmail_at_web10301.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello all

Uhmmm.....may hard this....I see what is possible
write:

1) Siena - why is a oldest italian fall and have a
nice matrix

2) Sinawan 001 - for the nice matrix with veins

3) St.Severin - for the nice brecciation in my slice

4) Karatu - for the nice grey matrix with black veins

5) Vjatka - for the brecciation - if is visible type
my slice

6) Dhofar 010 - for the strange matrix

All pieces visible in my collection site

Regards

Matteo


--- Jeff Kuyken <jeff_at_meteoritesaustralia.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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!)
>


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