[meteorite-list] Any opinions on this meteorite

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 24 10:01:27 2006
Message-ID: <BAY104-F1FF50F48786BF186C2304F8980_at_phx.gbl>

Hi, Darren,

I have a few that appear very similar.

In mine, the bumps are beauty crisp chondrules!

The dark blobs surrounding the metal is oxidation stain.

If you cut it and have a look under a microscope (I give them a wetting with
isopropyl alcohol using a Q-tip as I view) you can see all this clearly.

The matrix is somewhat porous and friable, so a polish doesn't improve it
very much, except to take away the annoying excessive shine from the metal
flecks.

Cheers,
Pete




From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_charter.net>
Reply-To: cynapse_at_charter.net
To: Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Any opinions on this meteorite
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 16:54:26 -0400

This is a 475 gram meteorite from a 4000 gram lot I bought on Ebay last
year.
To me, it seemed to be the most unusual looking one in the group, with the
surface covered with "bumps". It is mostly covered with secondary fusion
crust,
with a flattish "bottom" of primary fusion crust and it had a single flat
broken, weathered spot on the "top" which I attacked with a bit of
sandpaper.
The sanding wasn't enough to penetrate the weathering, but it did expose
shiny
metal centers to each of the black blobs, some but not all of which are
visible
in the photos. Does everyone think that this is just an ordinary chondrite,
or
maybe something odder? Since this a fragment of a larger fall, anyone else
have
a piece that looks the same?

http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/met/index.html
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