[meteorite-list] Forestburg (b) L5 chondrite

From: Gary K. Foote <gary_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 17:41:35 -0500
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Thank you Bernd,

I just finished uploading a very nice slice of Tulia (b) with a great 'river' of FeNi at
one end - also received from the Hupe' collection.

http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/tulia2-2.html

Best,

Gary

On 7 Jan 2007 at 21:46, bernd.pauli at paulinet.de wrote:

> Hello Gary and List,
>
> > I just received and photographed this very nice slice of Forestburg (b)
> > from the Hupe Collection...and this one is just beautiful Shock stage
> > S5, weathering grade W1; the chondrite is shock blackened and contains
> > impact melt clasts.
>
> If you want to take a look it is here:
>
> http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/forestburg2-6.html
>
> Congratulations, Gary! Excellent choice!
>
> Anyone who hasn't seen this beauty yet, should do so. Like Gary, I am one of the happy
> owners of a beautiful Forestburg (b) slice. Forestburg (b) is much more "handsome" than
> Forestburg (a). My Forestburg (a/b) slices are from M. Cottingham and when I first saw
> Michael's Forestburg (b) pictures on EBay, I knew I had to own it. It still is one of my
> all-time favorites with its grayish-black, fresh matrix, its abundant, evenly distributed
> FeNi specks, and its grayish-white oval chondrules!
>
> Although it is possible that the stone has been transported by water (rusty brown,
> weathered fusion crust), it is so very fresh that it seems improbable that it was exposed
> to water for a longer period of time.
>
> Even though its Fa value of 25.8 puts it in the vicinity of the LL chondrites, its low-Ca
> pyroxene composition (Fs21.6) is still within the range for L chondrites. What a
> meteorite!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Bernd
>
>
> To: gary at webbers.com
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>
>
Received on Sun 07 Jan 2007 05:41:35 PM PST