[meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite - Preliminary Observations

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Aug 25 04:20:55 2006
Message-ID: <014501c6c81f$5c377ec0$8a598b90_at_mandin4f89ypwu>

Hi Bernd & all,

Very interesting point Bernd. The consistancy of Moss does appear more like
Karoonda for example than any CO I've personally seen. We can only speculate
at this stage though. Hopefully there may be some preliminary results
through soon. Either way it's a very unsual and interesting meteorite.

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de
To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 2:42 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Moss Meteorite - Preliminary Observations


Hello Jeff and List,

Beautiful, fresh fragment - pristine as if it had fallen
a few seconds ago ...very impressive! Thanks for sharing
so quickly! It looks so "coaly" that, if I were to judge
from the pictures alone, I'd lean towards a CK (maybe CK3)
chondrite.

Yes I know, there are fresh FeNi metal flecks and I haven't
seen it in person but, on the other hand, one of my NWA CKs,
NWA 521 (CK4) does have some metal "pockets" and, moreover,
there are minute metal specks and metal "spray" throughout.

Sincere congrats on such a fine addition to your collection!

Bernd

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