[meteorite-list] Help me solve a mystery - NWA mystery

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From: Bernhard <rendelius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:28 2004
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Hi,

app. 2 weeks ago, Steve Arnold (Illinois) sold a "mystery NWA" on ebay.
This is the text that came with the auction (as often with Steve, no
pic):

"Up here for auction is a mystery.This is a 134.9 gram whole stone that
has been cut by AL LANG.It is a unclassified NWA mystery stone.I had bob
haag,richard norton,al lang,ed thompson,blaine reed, and a few others
give thier opinion on what it might be.No one knows.It has a very rich
dark brown matrix.Very few or none at all with chondrules.High in metal,
but it pulls very weakly even with a strong magnet.You can be the lucky
winner of this mystery stone and you can try and get it classified.It
measures 6.5 cm x 5.2 cm x 3.8 cm.I will start the bidding at $1.00.
Good luck."

Well, I bidded and won the item. Today it arrived. I had a closer look
at it, took some photographs and am looking for your expertise now.

Let me describe the tactile impressions: The item is feels pretty cold
when you hold it, and it has about the right weight for a meteorite of
this size. However: the outside feels quite "soft", more like an
ordinary stone than a meteorite, like a pebble that has been in the
water.

There is indeed a lot of metal visible from the outside, but on the cut
surface, the deeper you go inside, the less metal you find. A close
examination with a 10x magnification showed no chondrules at all, at
least for me.

Here are three photos of the object (they are quite large in order to
reveal more details). I have brightened the photos and added some
contrast and some mild sharpening, but I'd say they are true to the
visual appearance of the object:

http://metcollector.rendelius.com/mystery1.jpg
http://metcollector.rendelius.com/mystery2.jpg
http://metcollector.rendelius.com/mystery3.jpg

So - what's your impression? Is it a meteorite at all? What is it?

Bernhard

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<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>app. 2 =
weeks ago,=20
Steve Arnold (Illinois) sold a "mystery NWA" on ebay. This is the text =
that came=20
with the auction (as often with Steve, no pic):</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004>"Up here for auction is a =
mystery.This is a=20
134.9 gram whole stone that has been cut by AL LANG.It is a unclassified =
NWA=20
mystery stone.I had bob haag,richard norton,al lang,ed thompson,blaine =
reed, and=20
a few others give thier opinion on what it might be.No one knows.It has =
a very=20
rich dark brown matrix.Very few or none at all with chondrules.High in =
metal,=20
but it pulls very weakly even with a strong magnet.You can be the lucky =
winner=20
of this mystery stone and you can try and get it classified.It measures =
6.5 cm x=20
5.2 cm x 3.8 cm.I will start the bidding at $1.00. Good =
luck."</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Well, =
I bidded and=20
won the item. Today it arrived. I had a closer look at it, took some =
photographs=20
and am looking for your expertise now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Let me =
describe the=20
tactile impressions: The item is feels pretty cold when you hold it, and =
it has=20
about the right weight for a meteorite of this size. However: the =
outside feels=20
quite "soft", more like an ordinary stone than a meteorite, like a =
pebble that=20
has been in the water.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There =
is indeed a=20
lot of metal visible from the outside, but on the cut surface, the =
deeper you go=20
inside, the less metal you find. A close examination with a 10x =
magnification=20
showed no chondrules at all, at least for me. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Here =
are three=20
photos of the object (they are quite large in order to reveal more =
details). I=20
have brightened the photos and added some contrast and some mild =
sharpening, but=20
I'd say they are true to the visual appearance of the=20
object:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://metcollector.rendelius.com/mystery1.jpg">http://metcollect=
or.rendelius.com/mystery1.jpg</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://metcollector.rendelius.com/mystery2.jpg">http://metcollect=
or.rendelius.com/mystery2.jpg</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20
href=3D"http://metcollector.rendelius.com/mystery3.jpg">http://metcollect=
or.rendelius.com/mystery3.jpg</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So - =
what's your=20
impression? Is it a meteorite at all? What is it?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D390122321-26022004><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>Bernhard</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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