[meteorite-list] What's this? -for the geology experts out there
From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 7 13:35:35 2005 Message-ID: <007a01c53b98$34136040$6401a8c0_at_Dell> Nicely done Dave!!!!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com> To: "Graham Christensen" <voltage_at_telus.net>; "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com>; "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 11:19 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's this? -for the geology experts out there > Dear Bob, Graham, and list; > I should entitle this thread "treatise on common colored stone". > Throughout my rock involved history, I have come to the conclusion that > picking up colored Earthly trinkets is extremely healthy for our physics. > From the inquisitive child-like mind, we note the different and unusual. > We strive to be different and in that, collect the different. The mind of > the collector, whether young and highly inquisitive, or mature and > studious all tend to look for the odd, the different, the "non-normal". > This thread of daring has been the spark to inventors in our culture, > that all apples are red, what's with the green one symbolism. > As we evolve to master scientists in our own amateur way, we all must not > forget the pretty rock, the odd rocks that don't fit the mold, the mini > cooper of the mineral world if you will as collecting non common specimens > is a learning process for the mind. Growing out from the norm, being > meteorites in our minds eye, is added to by the excitement of an unusual > specimen of a different nature. > It truly adds to our world of appreciation to hastily grab up that odd > rock as if we were all self reserved to only collecting the norm, it would > be a very boring and unstimulating world in deed. It is always better to > arrive home with special, unusual rocks than to return home empty handed > from a day of searching for manna from heaven and to have arrive a little > short with an empty sack. > > Treatise your rocks with compassion! > > Dave Freeman > Rock Springs, WY > > Graham Christens wrote: > >> Brother Bob, that is a fine specimen of probably exactly what I have and >> I'm glad to see I'm not the only one picking up every odd coloured rock >> and dragging it home. Thanks for showing that. >> >>> "And here is an "in-situ" image showing where I found my green rock" >> >> >> Haha! If only! >> >> I can probably borrow someone's grinder maybe tomorrow or dig though some >> boxes and find my dremel tool to cut off a piece. I agree that it's hard >> to tell with a rough stone like that. Later this month a professor of >> martian geology at the University of Alberta is taking me on a tour of >> the meteorite collection there so I will take this rock along when I go >> and see what he thinks as well. >> >>> "Wouldn't I be emabarassed if I was wrong, and my "wrong" wasn't?" >> >> >> Nope, I would imagine that you would be too busy being ecstatic about >> pulling off the impossible...again! >> >> Oh well, all is not lost. I DID find a chunk of garnet today :-) (at >> least I think that's what it is) >> http://www.geocities.com/aerolitehunter/garnet.jpg >> >> Seeing as how it's 7 AM, I think it's about time I went to bed. >> Goodnight all and happy hunting! >> >> Green rock picker-upper 4 life, >> Graham >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Graham Christensen >> voltage_at_telus.net >> http://www.geocities.com/aerolitehunter >> msn messenger: majorvoltage_at_hotmail.com >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Verish" >> <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com> >> To: <voltage_at_telus.net> >> Cc: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" >> <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> >> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 6:00 AM >> Subject: [meteorite-list] What's this? -for the geology experts out there >> >> >>> Hello Brother Graham and List, >>> >>> http://marzmeteorite.tripod.com/mars-rocks/2mars1not.jpg >>> >>> As you can tell from the above image, Brother Graham >>> and I belong to the same fraternity - The Fraternal >>> Order of Green Rock Picker-Uppers. >>> >>> And here is an "in-situ" image showing where I found >>> my green rock: >>> >>> http://marzmeteorite.tripod.com/mars-rocks/MRF04996.jpg >>> >>> Actually, Graham, my story is much shorter than yours. >>> I found my little shergo-not just last week, and only >>> a few miles from my backyard. It was still sitting on >>> top of my monitor when I read your message and saw >>> your great looking image. It prompted me to share my >>> image with you. And, as in your image, I placed a >>> small slice of DaG 476 in front of my Mars-wannabe. >>> For added effect, I placed a larger slice of the DaG >>> 670 stone to the right of my m-wrong. >>> >>> As a rule, I don't "hazard a guess" about a rock-type >>> based solely on an image. Too many times I've had to >>> change my opinion about a rock-type after examining a >>> cut surface. So, if you show me the inside of your >>> rock, I'll show you the inside of my rock! ;-) >>> >>> It's true. I haven't cut my little rock, yet. And to >>> be truthful, I haven't had it examined by an "expert", >>> so I can't say with 100% certainty that my rock is a >>> "shergo-not". >>> >>> Wouldn't I be emabarassed if I was wrong, and my >>> "wrong" wasn't? >>> >>> Bob V. >>> >>> --------------- Original Message ---------------- >>> >>> [meteorite-list] What's this? -for the geology >>> experts out there >>> Graham Christensen voltage at telus.net >>> Thu Apr 7 05:21:16 EDT 2005 >>> >>> >>> Hello list >>> >>> I've had this rock sitting on my kitchen table since >>> last year when I picked it up along the side of the >>> road while out for a walk. It is a fairly smooth >>> green rock with black bits in it and it looks somewhat >>> like my DAG 476 >>> shergottite but it's a slightly lighter shade of >>> green. I have yet to grind an end off to see what the >>> inside looks like but there are a couple chips >>> out of it and it looks about the same on the inside >>> with the green part being fine grained and the black >>> bits are individual crystals. I doubt that it is >>> meteoritic (there is no trace of fusion crust) but I >>> was wondering if it might be similar to a shergottite >>> but of terrestrial origin. >>> >>> Here is a pic of it: >>> http://www.geocities.com/aerolitehunter/dag476andunidentified.jpg >>> The small slice in the forground is my DAG 476 and the >>> big rock is of course the rock in question. >>> >>> I have been collecting rocks on and off in this area >>> since I was a kid and I haven't seen anything like it >>> but that doesn't mean much. I live in Alberta, Canada, >>> where most of the rocks you find lying on the ground >>> were brought down from various locations by the >>> glaciers of the last ice age so it's kind of a potluck >>> dinner of geology up here. >>> >>> I won't get my hopes up, but I certainly wouldn't mind >>> copying Bob Verish >>> and finding out I've been sitting on a mars meteorite >>> for a year!! :-) >>> >>> Any comments are greatly appreciated >>> Graham >>> >>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Thu 07 Apr 2005 01:35:33 PM PDT |
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