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

From: John.L.Cabassi <John_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:18:56 -0800
Message-ID: <00af01c96190$f1f35210$4564fea9_at_TITAN>

G'Day Tom
Thanks for your reply. I will personally accept "weird" as an official
scientific term. I tend to use it alot. And I agree on your very
descriptive term of encrusted in jewels.

Your images are more than fantastic. Keep up the great work. I can't get
enough of it!

Cheers
John

----- Original Message -----
From: <STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] heavily encrusted dark grey
interior -largefind?


> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> 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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