[meteorite-list] NWA 2906, NWA 869
From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Jun 17 00:42:35 2005 Message-ID: <20050617044233.18963.qmail_at_web51710.mail.yahoo.com> NWA 869 is to a meteorite collector, as obscenity/pornography is to a Federal Judge. " I know it, when I see it! " Uncle Bob http://library.findlaw.com/2003/May/15/132747.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Pringle" <jlp3 at earthlink.net> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 2906, NWA 869 > Bob wrote: > "With all due respect.............. that's NWA 869." > > See, I would have said that had too much rust staining (aren't those > chondrules a little vague as well?)to be 869...though I don't claim to be an > expert. I have bought a couple unclassified stones (allegedly from Rissani) > that look waaay more 869ish than those photos. > I still think them what claim to know this mysterious meteorite ought to > step up to the plate (out on that limb?) and say what makes 869 > distinctively 869. > Greenish tint to crust? > Bluish tint to matrix? > List the clast types? > Describe, in some way, something? > Haven't you noticed that when you get ten people saying " you know it when > you see it", at least two of those people are talking about something else > entirely? > > Jeff > > > > ______________________________________________ Received on Fri 17 Jun 2005 12:42:33 AM PDT |
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