[meteorite-list] Norwegian meteorite classification guessing game
From: Martin Horejsi <accretiondesk_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jul 17 15:05:48 2006 Message-ID: <9c2f96d20607171205w398e3468i2fec2ce3087ad816_at_mail.gmail.com> My guess is still an CO. Here is a pic of a small block of Ornans sticking extremely well to a magnet. The magnet attracted the Ornans so well that I have to be careful that the specimen is not chipped when it jumps to the magnet! http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/ornans.jpg Happy viewing, Martin On 7/17/06, Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Is someone keeping track of all the guesses for the classification > of the new Norwegian fall? ;-) I guess I can go back through the > archives and collect them all. > > Based purely on statistics of falls, I'd be disinclined to join the > chorus and pick carbonaceous chondrite. An ordinary chondrite is > far more probable. That said, this doesn't much look like an H- > or L-chondrite. But equilibrated LL works for me. > > If I had to pick a carbonaceous type, I would rule out CB, CH, CI, > CM, CV and CR. That leaves only CO and CK, and it looks more like > a CK to my eye than CO. CKs are also very paramagnetic. --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Fred > Caillou Noir > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:58 AM > To: tracy latimer; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Man in Norway 2 m from meteorite > fallingonFriday! > > > CO3s can be quite 'magnetic'. Acfer 333 -CO3- for instance is more > attracted by a magnet than a LL and a bit less than a L O.C., so I would > agree with those who already suggested that it could be a CO3... But of > course, nothing sure specially when having seen only pictures! I guess > that the red magnet on the picture belongs to Morten Bilet and must be a > strong one. Cheers, > > Frederic Beroud > IMCA member nr 2491 > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Mon 17 Jul 2006 03:05:46 PM PDT |
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