[meteorite-list] John’s Interesting Iron Meteorite, NWA 2677
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Dec 12 06:48:03 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-F5E7FBCCEB2081D08AB13BB3AA0_at_phx.gbl> Hello John and list, I recently picked up a small piece of NWA 2677 from John Birdsell. An interesting iron meteorite of 100g. It has been provisionally classified as a “IIICD (aka: IAB subclass LM).”, noted from John’s website. I am not really an iron expert, but I guess that means fine octahedrite. The meteorite itself is somewhat confusing, as the nickel content doesn’t seen to line up well with any of the IIICD’s except the Ataxites I suppose, but this has a obvious bold octahedrite pattern. I managed a pretty good photo of my slice on my collection page. (I now have studio lights and equipment...which also of course means, my camera is giving me problems now...:-( http://www.meteoritearticles.com/colnwa2677.html Also, John asked about possible pairs. Doing a little research on the iron I have found the following meteorite classified somewhat close and location of find possibly close. Could this be a possible pair? Hassi-Jekna, IIICD, found El Golea, Algeria in 1890, TKW 1890, Bandwidth .47mm. Clear Skies, Mark Bostick www.meteoritearticles.com www.kansasmeteoritesociety.com www.imca.cc Received on Sun 12 Dec 2004 06:47:35 AM PST |
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