[meteorite-list] The Black NWA

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 13:09:28 -0500
Message-ID: <u6ed03dniunse0e9i3uqnqjqjm3e773mgh_at_4ax.com>

On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 09:49:21 -0700, you wrote:

>I am one million percent sure this is not 869. I over 10 kilos of 869 and it
>is definitely not it. The crust on this stone is so much more black, thick,
>and leathery. The matrix on this is more porous than 869.

You'd know better, looking at the real thing and not a small photo, but all the
details I can see on the cut surface looked that way to me-- the often angular
white clasts with sharp borders, the somewhat diffuse reddish areas, the grey
matrix, all looked about right for the typical colors/shapes in 869.
Received on Sun 25 Mar 2007 02:09:28 PM PDT