[meteorite-list] Tom's NWA 2905 and NWA 2906

From: Tom Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jul 29 15:04:07 2005
Message-ID: <003e01c59470$46f4e630$2d107918_at_Michelle>

Hello Bernd and List, I am very happy with these two stones and am looking
forward to getting the official info back on them. There was questions
about NWA 2906 being paired with NWA 869 and like Bernd said, I asked Ted
Bunch and with his permission, I am quoting his answer;

"I have over 50 reference slices of 869 - we are doing a research project on
this stone. In addition, I helped T. Boswell sort out odd balls from 400 kg
869. I have seen a lot of 869 and it does have many variations. Your stone
is not 869."

To me, if Ted says so, it is good enough for me! : )

Thanks, Tom
peregrineflier <><

----- Original Message -----
From: <bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de>
To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 11:44 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Tom's NWA 2905 and NWA 2906


> Hello Tom and List,
>
> I would like to congratulate Tom on having his NWA 2905 and NWA 2906
> chondrites officially classified by Ted Bunch from NAU, who is presently
> writing up the classifications for these two stones.
>
> T.E. Bunch has classified such scientifically important NWA meteorites
> as NWA 032 (LUN-B), NWA 770 (CH), NWA 771 (AURE), NWA 772 (CK3), etc.,
> etc.
>
> Ted told Tom that his NWA 2905 is an L4 and I had the pleasure of taking
> several digital pics of its gorgeous, gray chondrules and the dark pockets
> that may be carbonaceous xenoliths. Thanks Tom for the 4-gram slice.
>
> Ted also said Tom's NWA 2906 is an L4 breccia *unpaired* with NWA 869.
> T.E. Bunch in a private mail to Tom Knudson: "Your stone is not 869."
>
> And Ted surely knows what he is saying after having "helped sort out
> odd balls from 400 kg of NWA 869."
>
> Tom was also kind enough to send me a 7.6-gram slice of NWA 2906 so I was
> able to compare it to my NWA 869 pieces and to take two digital pictures
> of a conspicuously gray, kidney-shaped, probably achondritic inclusion.
>
> Never before have I seen something like that in any of my NWA 869 pieces
> and with T.E. Bunch's expertise we can be sure NWA 2906 is different from
> NWA 869!
>
> If anyone is interested in the pics I took, Tom will surely be glad to
share them!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
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