[meteorite-list] New CV3 NWA 3216
From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jun 10 19:36:34 2005 Message-ID: <003b01c56e15$383b34e0$6101a8c0_at_launchmodem.com> Hi Dave, Congratulations. Nice looking CV3 you have there. I recently got a slice of NWA 2086 (CV3) but I "cheated" and got it after it was classified :-) -Walter --------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Harris" <entropydave_at_ntlworld.com> To: "metlist" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] New CV3 NWA 3216 > I am pleased to announce my first CV3 meteorite, formally classified by the > Natural History Museum and has been given the name of > NWA 3216 - for the Greek scholars amongst you, t3216 is reagrds as a > perfect number" as 3x2x1=6 as well as 3+2+1=6.... > There are not a lot of these numbers around, and as I have been working on a > distributive processing project called GIMPS for 9 years now discovering the > biggest prime numbers, which are sort of the exact opposite of a perfect > number, I feel this is most appropriate. > > It is unusual in that it has Sodalite in it - Sodalite, containing volatile > elements such as Na and Cl usually are lost if heated above about 150 deg C > - so this makes it pretty interesting and aqueous! > > I'd like to publically thank Drs Sara Russell, Mike Zolensky et al. for > helping me to make a very little mark and contribution to the science of > meteoritics. > I own the main mass of 44g, 20g is at the NHM as their "type specimen" and > it is beautiful to look at! > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/d.harris580/nwa3216.jpg > > Well, I know that most of you out there have done this a million times and > it's no big deal, but for me, it has done wonders for my self esteem!!! > > > > thanks for your patience! > > > dave > IMCA #0092 > Sec.BIMS > www.bimsociety.org > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Fri 10 Jun 2005 07:36:26 PM PDT |
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