[meteorite-list] Hidden Treasure
From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun May 29 11:04:01 2005 Message-ID: <052920051505.23461.4299DA23000C345E00005BA521602813029C9C070D040A90070BD206_at_att.net> looks like the LL4 named NWA 806 JD -------------- Original message from thetoprok_at_aol.com: -------------- > > > Good Morning List, Dean, > > A few monthes ago my brother and I made the short drive to Dean Besseys > 'cross the river, where we spent all our pennies on different treasures > of the world, stockpiled in Deans humble apartment. It was great, lots > of meteorites, fossils, old coins, a lap machine for polishing, we were > definately like two kids in a candy store! We bought the lap machine as > well as some examples of the items mentioned above. After haveing the > lap machine at home for a while I was polishing some slices when one of > them got away and was lodged under the lap wheel where I could not > reach it. I had to tip it on its side to get the slice to fall out, and > when I did this there was a little surprise. A 3.72 gram end cut of an > unidentified meteorite was hiding under the lap wheel! Obviously a left > over remnant from another persons day of meteorite labors. Was it > Deans? Or did he leave it there for me as a freebie to be found at a > later date just because he's a nice guy? Or did it belong to the guy > that he bought the machine from? What kind of meteorite is it? Am I the > rightful owner of this small treasure? Or do I need to do the right > thing and see if Dean wants it back? > Of course he can have it back if he wants,(small polishing fee of > $45.00 of course) but is this a good case for "Finders keepers?!" Would > it be different if the slice was lunar vs. an OC? I'm offering it back > to him of course, but what would you do? What if you found a slice of > an anomolous martian hiding in there? Just a friendly survey! > > I haven't told Dean, I thought I would have some fun with it first! > > I need some help identifying it. It's a really cool stone, not quite > like any I'm familiar with. There is hardly any attraction to a magnet, > what little metal there is, is in round beads. There are some very well > defined chondrules and some blown out ones, and there is a really odd > inclusion that I would like some opinions on. It's a sort of yellow > gold color with black stripes, you'll know which one when you see it. > > http://community.webshots.com/album/354985092HCtnUp > > Also, > I was asked to write a Franconia field report for the IMCA website. I > want to thank Ken Newton for putting it together so well, excellent job > Ken! > > It can be viewed here; > > http://imca.repetti.net/metinfo/fieldreports.html > > Rock On! > Larry > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sun 29 May 2005 11:05:09 AM PDT |
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