[meteorite-list] NWA1836 (provisional)"The Twisted Sister"
From: nelson oakes <pinwalla_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:28 2004 Message-ID: <000a01c3fc01$a23169a0$50104ad1_at_gateway2000> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C3FBD7.B82FD9F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear List, Originally I purchased a stone, obviously cut from a mass = supposedly a Eucrite. After depositing more than the required amount as = type sample the stone was analyzed by NAU and a prominent scientist = dubbed it the "Twisted Sister", due to the contortions and convolutions = within the stone, very unusual indeed. It is a stellar meteorite. The = weight given was the 505 plus grams that I purchased (and received) by = mail. Over a year later a package was delivered to me from a known = collector with the other portion of this single stone. This singularity = was obvious since the "halves" matched precisely. I immediately weighed = this new piece and reported the weights to NAU. The "newly obtained" = half was indeed the main mass and weighs 596.77 grams. TKW ca. 1100 = grams. Single stone. To my knowledge, and I've checked with a few = prominent scientists and they agree, there is NO STONE analyzed and = paired to "The Sister". There may be another Eucrite that looks somewhat = like it (after all it's a Eucrite!), but there's only one "Sister". = Thanks Nels ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C3FBD7.B82FD9F0 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 6.00.2800.1400" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List, Originally I purchased a = stone,=20 obviously cut from a mass supposedly a Eucrite. After depositing more = than the=20 required amount as type sample the stone was analyzed by NAU and a = prominent=20 scientist dubbed it the "Twisted Sister", due to the contortions and=20 convolutions within the stone, very unusual indeed. It is a stellar = meteorite.=20 The weight given was the 505 plus grams that I purchased (and received) = by mail.=20 Over a year later a package was delivered to me from a known collector = with the=20 other portion of this single stone. This singularity was obvious since = the=20 "halves" matched precisely. I immediately weighed this new piece=20 and reported the weights to NAU. The "newly obtained" half was = indeed the=20 main mass and weighs 596.77 grams. TKW ca. 1100 grams. Single stone. To = my=20 knowledge, and I've checked with a few prominent scientists and they = agree,=20 there is NO STONE analyzed and paired to "The Sister". There may be = another=20 Eucrite that looks somewhat like it (after all it's a Eucrite!), but = there's=20 only one "Sister". Thanks Nels</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C3FBD7.B82FD9F0-- Received on Wed 25 Feb 2004 07:44:02 PM PST |
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