[meteorite-list] Some Images of the Randsburg California Iron

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2004_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jun 28 01:42:30 2005
Message-ID: <20050628054227.77721.qmail_at_web26209.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

The patterns are many similar to Campo del Cielo
slices I have sale years ago...are you sure this is
real a new iron meteorite and not a Campo del Cielo
pass for another meteorite?

Matteo

--- Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net> ha scritto:


> Dear List,
>
> For those who are interested, I finally got around
> to cutting the 40 pound
> iron meteorite that sat in the Randsburg Rock Shop
> for nearly four decades
> after being found in the Little Lake area lava beds.
> We took two cuts before
> it completely detoothed two bandsaw blades. The
> blades become immediately
> worthless when they hit a weird somewhat symmetrical
> silicated area. You can
> see the large odd crystal shaped silicated area in
> the second image. You
> can also see where it pushed the band aside and
> created a groove. I have
> since received another blade I ordered last week in
> hopes of finishing the
> third and final cut.
>
> Image of meteorite being cut:
> http://themeteoritesite.com/RandsburgCut.jpg
>
> Close-up showing silicated area:
> http://themeteoritesite.com/RandsburgCutCloseup.jpg
>
> An overly done first etch showing a course pattern:
> http://themeteoritesite.com/RandsburgEtch.jpg
>
> My guess is that this will be another coarse
> octahedrite, possibly a IAB
> with Winonaite inclusions. The next step will be to
> check out the silicate
> inclusion(s) on a Microprobe. The one I examined
> looks exactly like a
> Winonaite but that will not explain its crystalline
> shape or why the blades
> were destroyed.
>
> I will update as more research is completed,
> Take Care,
>
> ------------------------------------
> Adam Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> Team LunarRock
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> raremeteorites_at_comcast.net
>
>
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