[meteorite-list] New Monthly Favourite => N'Goureyma & Happy New Year

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Dec 31 06:54:12 2005
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003800004169_at_paulinet.de>

Norm kindly wrote:

"Jeff, Thanks for the shift in focus! That is one amazing iron.
I've never seen anything vaguely resembling those textures!"

www.meteorites.com.au/favourite.html

Hi Norm and List,

But there *is* something "vaguely resembling those textures" => the Tucson iron!

BUCHWALD V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Volume 3, p. 1244:

"Tucson has no close relatives, neither in structure nor in composition. However,
the metallic part of Tucson, in particular, does have many points of resemblance
with the metal of N'Goureyma; it appears that the two meteorites have had a
comparable story and cooling rate."

Jeff, once again my sincere congrats on the
acquisition of such an extraordinary piece!!!

Happy New Year,
Meteorites galore,
Happiness,
Health,
Love,


Bernd
Received on Sat 31 Dec 2005 06:54:10 AM PST