[meteorite-list] Okay, who can identify this?

From: Marc Fries <m.fries_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Feb 21 19:59:40 2006
Message-ID: <2652.10.17.14.1.1140569973.squirrel_at_webmail.ciw.edu>

Howdy

   Looks like an oolite to me, like this one:

http://www.env.duke.edu/eos/geo41/sed009.gif

   They're from shallow marine/saline environments, formed either by
rolling small particles on a beach via wave action. I've got some from
the seaside reaches of the Nullarbor plain that look like that.

  Where'd you get it?

Cheers,
MDF

> I've had this for years but just recently found it again. It weighs 579
> grams.
> It may be wrong and it may be 'rite.
>
> http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/whatzit.jpg
> http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/whatzit_small.jpg
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Received on Tue 21 Feb 2006 07:59:33 PM PST