[meteorite-list] Another new LL6 Fall

From: Bob Evans <bobe5531_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Mar 31 21:59:39 2005
Message-ID: <01ea01c53666$d9669530$6600a8c0_at_yourae066c3a9b>

I think its a April fools joke ;-)

BE
----- Original Message -----
From: "tett" <tett_at_rogers.com>
To: "Christian Anger" <christian.anger_at_aon.at>;
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another new LL6 Fall


> Am I being over sceptical by saying that statistically this does not make
> any sense. Another LL6 to fall ???????
>
> Bensour, others,,,, and now,,,, this one! What am I missing here?
> Bensour was right in that same area just 3 years ago.
>
> tett
> Owen Sound, Ontario
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christian Anger" <christian.anger_at_aon.at>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:25 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Another new LL6 Fall
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> great news !
> I want to inform you about a brandnew meteorite fall
> that fell 3 weeks ago in Algeria near the Tunisian border.
> A real shower, more than 200 stones have been collected so far.
> The biggest stone weighing 16 kg.
> It is already classified as LL6, brecciated, S3, W0
>
>>olivine Fa31.1, CaO<0.09, predominantly <0.05; low Ca-pyroxene Fs27.1
>>PMD=0.02; abundant coarse-grained plagioclase, mainly An84Or5, ranges from
>>An61Or25 to An86Or3; coarse-grained diopside and troilite are abundant;
>>pentlandite is a minor phase; the meteorite is brecciated, with thick
>>black
>>shock veins present; shock stage S3, weathering grade W0
>
> Yeah, another LL6 fall from Northwest-Africa
> What a coincidence.
>
> greetings from Austria
>
> Christian
>
>
> IMCA #2673
> www.austromet.com
>
> Christian Anger
> Korngasse 6
> 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
> AUSTRIA
>
> email: christian.anger_at_aon.at
> the 1st of April joke team
>
>
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