[meteorite-list] Tatahouine

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Oct 24 05:25:43 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003C00002B18_at_paulinet.de>

Jeff wrote:

> The larger pieces of Tatahouine are great pieces to look at.
> I have a 6.10 g & 11.10 g fragment which were my Monthly
> Favourites for August and are pictured here if you're interested.

> http://www.meteoritesaustralia.com/favourite/august2004.html

> Both have a few very small patches of fusion
> crust which is not really evident in the pics.

Elton wrote:

> Were any pieces that size actually recovered?
> A 4 gram monster is the largest I have personally
> seen.

Rob W. wrote:

> I currently have a 114 gram fragment ...


Hello All!

I have a 2-gram piece from Alain Carion, an 8-gram specimen
from Alain with traces of fusion crust, and a breathtaking, thin,
translucent platelet of 0.38 grams from Eric Olson. Eric still has
several 5+ gram pieces and two of these thin slices (0.76 mm) thick
on his website:

http://www.star-bits.com/tat.htm


Best Sunday
morning regards,

Bernd
Received on Sun 24 Oct 2004 05:18:30 AM PDT