[meteorite-list] "Venus Stone" is not L6 (and not a Holbrook)

From: DNAndrews <dna1_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:44:52 -0700
Message-ID: <45DEB794.4030907_at_cableone.net>

Guess I'm a "No-Brainer-Local-Yokel" It's funny that Bob Haag told me
that it's an L6, but you know otherwise. There is lots of land before it
gets to the Petrified Forest. Thanks for all the flattering words from
you. It's surely appreciated.

Local "Un-Named-No-Brainer" Dave

Local Dave

Robert Verish wrote:

>And Bob Haag was right when he said that his "Venus
>Stone" is too old to be from the Holbrook fall.
>
>For the longest time, I too, thought that Bob's
>"Stone" was a Holbrook meteorite, until...
>
>I was able to closely examine the "Venus Stone" when
>it was on display at the Tucson Show a couple of years
>ago. After the awe of having Bob Haag place into my
>hands the most revered example of a beautiful
>meteorite had subsided, I started to notice that the
>exterior was more weathered than I had expected.
>There wasn't much of a fresh fusion-crust. And then I
>noticed that around the edges of the nose-cone there
>were portions of the stone missing. You can imagine
>my dismay when I discovered that the stone wasn't
>"perfect". And where there were portions missing,
>that exposed surface was definitely weathered.
>
>My jaw dropped when I noticed that there were numerous
>chondrules standing out in high relief on this
>weathered surface. I realized immediately that this
>stone was too low of a petrologic grade and too
>weathered to be a Holbrook meteorite.
>You see for yourself in this image:
>
><http://nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/uploads/post-4-1122475180.jpg>
>
>The fact that the "Venus Stone" is not an L6, and
>therefore not related to the Holbrook fall, was for me
>a "no-brainer". Then the idea that the "Venus Stone"
>may be part of ANOTHER strewn field started to
>intrigue me. And the idea that, if another stone
>could be found/classified/paired to it, then the
>"Venus Stone" could be spared the cutting of a type
>specimen! Now that was even of more interest to me.
>
>So, I researched this meteorite. But I discovered
>that the actual finder and the real locality were
>already known. And then I was told that the find
>locality is surrounded by a National Park, The
>Petrified Forest, which would complicate expanding any
>possible strewn field. It's not that I would begrudge
>turning over a meteorite to the Smithsonian, it's just
>that I'm not sure that even the Smithsonian can remove
>a meteorite from a National Park.
>
>So, I started to lose interest and started to
>reconcile that this would end up being just another
>unclassified Arizona meteorite. Hopefully, someone
>more local may get lucky one day and rekindle some
>interest...
>
>If you are interested, and before you head on out that
>way, you should take a look at this satellite image:
><http://www.headquarterswest.com/listings/goodwater/sat.htm>
>
>Good luck,
>Bob V.
>
>P.S. - you'll notice that I've avoided using the word
>"Adamana", because that name has not been formally
>approved.
>
>
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Received on Fri 23 Feb 2007 04:44:52 AM PST