[meteorite-list] New Meteorite

From: wahlperry_at_aol.com <wahlperry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 17 00:59:28 2006
Message-ID: <8C84785CB43240A-634-1AFA_at_MBLK-M03.sysops.aol.com>

Hi,

I just finished cutting up some suspected meteorites from a hunting
trip last week. I have started bringing home any suspicious rocks that
may resemble weathered meteorites, even if they do not attract to a
magnet. Out of the 10 suspected meteorites one turned out to be a
weathered 13 gram chondrite. On the cut surface you can see small
amounts of visible metal and a couple of chondrules. The magnets that I
use are very strong and the magnet barely attracts to the meteorite. I
almost threw it in the meteorite wrong pile on the side of the house.
The 13 gram meteorite came from a new Nevada area with no reported
finds. I will post some pictures of the new finds on my web page next
week.


Sonny
Received on Wed 17 May 2006 12:59:21 AM PDT