[meteorite-list] Results of "What's Your Favourite Ordinary Chondrite?"
From: Jeff Kuyken <jeff_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:49 2004 Message-ID: <008501c2ec58$3a1495e0$7c428a90_at_default> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C2ECB4.5CC24860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable G'day List, Firstly, thanks to all those who sent in replies to the post. While it's = hard to get a good cross-section from 20-30 different replies, there = were some interesting and somewhat unexpected outcomes. It started with = an on-slaught of the LL-Chondrites (which I sort of expected) but a = number of collectors in the last few days sent in majority votes for the = H-Chondrites and slightly tipped the scales. The final result: H-Chondrites: 37% H/L Chondrites: 0% L-Chondrites: 30% L/LL Chondrites: 5% LL-Chondrites: 28% Falls: 48.8% Finds: 51.2% And as for the overall most popular meteorite....... there isn't one! ;-) It was tied between several different meteorites. = They were... Thuathe (H4) [Fall] Vytaka (H4-5) [Find] Portales Valley (H6) [Fall] NWA 869 (L5) [Find] Richfield (LL3.7) [Find] Ensisheim (LL6) [Fall] with meteorites like Bensour, Kilabo, Gold Basin, Holbrook, Zag and = Honolulu coming in a close 2nd! (All Falls too except for G.B.) Hope you all enjoyed this interesting little exercise! Maybe in the near = future I'll think of a different favourite to ask about! Cheers, Jeff Kuyken I.M.C.A. #3085 www.meteoritesaustralia.com ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C2ECB4.5CC24860 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>Firstly, thanks to all those who sent = in replies=20 to the post. While it's hard to get a good cross-section from 20-30 = different=20 replies, there were some interesting and somewhat unexpected outcomes. = It=20 started with an on-slaught of the LL-Chondrites (which I sort of = expected) but=20 a number of collectors in the last few days sent in majority = votes for=20 the H-Chondrites and slightly tipped the scales. The final = result:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>H-Chondrites: 37%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>H/L Chondrites: 0%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>L-Chondrites: 30%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>L/LL Chondrites: 5%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>LL-Chondrites: 28%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Falls: 48.8%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Finds: 51.2%</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>And as for the overall most popular=20 meteorite.......</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>there isn't one! ;-) It was tied = between several=20 different meteorites. They were...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Thuathe (H4) [Fall]</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Vytaka (H4-5) [Find]</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Portales Valley (H6) = [Fall]</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>NWA 869 (L5) [Find]</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Richfield (LL3.7) [Find]</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Ensisheim (LL6) [Fall]</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>with meteorites like Bensour, = Kilabo, Gold=20 Basin, Holbrook, Zag and Honolulu coming in a close 2nd! (All Falls = too=20 except for G.B.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Hope you all enjoyed this interesting = little=20 exercise! Maybe in the near future I'll think of a = different favourite=20 to ask about!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DVerdana size=3D2>Cheers,</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></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01C2ECB4.5CC24860-- Received on Mon 17 Mar 2003 02:38:08 AM PST |
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