[meteorite-list] heavily encrusted dark grey interior - largefind?

From: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com <STARSANDSCOPES_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:32:52 EST
Message-ID: <cc1.4c396643.367c6fe4_at_aol.com>

Hi John, I agree with you. It looks like a meteorite.

Certain meteorites have "weird" (Is that the official scientific term?)
adhesion properties. I have seen some scoured by the desert sand and other who
seem to grab every piece of sand/rock and make it stick. It must have
something to do with the desert varnish that is growing around the native material
or perhaps simple mineral migration due to weathering.

I have a 7.3 Kg NWA that looks like it is completely encrusted in jewels.
Fine sand bits all over! It is beautiful and unlike ant other I have seen.
It has a brown interior so not a match to yours.

I am embedding images. (I am sending this email to the list without
pictures so if any one else wants to see the photos, just email me).

Tom Phillips


In a message dated 12/18/2008 7:59:14 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
John at Cabassi.net writes:
G'Day Phil W.
I sincerely doubt that what Phil has is slag, that's just my opinion. I also
have a large specimen of 1514 grams and it really is unique. What he has
described is very similar to what I have and I have forward him pictures and
he has replied that what he has and I have are very similar. So we'll see
what we come up with.

Thanks for your input, it's really appreciated.

Cheers
John


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From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] heavily encrusted dark grey interior -
largefind?


> Hi Phil,
> My first reaction is: some kind of slag? It's amazing the different
> kinds of slag people bring into the museum as possible meteorites.
>
> Phil Whitmer
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