[meteorite-list] Re: Monthly Favourite N'Goureyma /Dronino

From: Bob King <lakewind_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Dec 31 10:31:41 2005
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Hi Jeff and all,
Thanks for sharing the N'Goureyma photo with the list. It is a beauty.
My first thought on seeing the specimen was its remarkable
resemblance to a couple Dronino slices I purchased from Ivan a while
back. The horseshoe-shaped troilite inclusions and their spacing from
one another are nearly identical. Anyone else have a Dronino to
compare?
Bob


> 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
>
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