[meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite
From: Pete Shugar <pshugar_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:56:16 -0500 Message-ID: <000901c8d87f$1a813260$0201a8c0_at_laptop> I knew I'd seen that somewhere!!! I pulled out my cat's whisker detector and sure enough that's just what it looked like. Pete, IMCA 1773, KL7GNW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Del Waterbury" <paseclipse at yahoo.com> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "David & Kitt Deyarmin" <bobadebt at ec.rr.com>; <meteoritemall at yahoo.com>; "Mr EMan" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite > If I was going to take a guess of what was in that picture I would say it > looks like Galena. Not sure if this one has been suggested yet, but that > what it looks like to me. > > Del > > > --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Mr EMan <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> From: Mr EMan <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite >> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, "David & Kitt Deyarmin" >> <bobadebt at ec.rr.com>, meteoritemall at yahoo.com >> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 4:01 AM >> Before anyone falls on their sword over this specimen, note >> the gas channel/tube in the middle-- scraggy as it is, even >> Na tan isn't worm eaten! >> >> It was my observation that, while many folks submitted lots >> of candidates which I enjoyed looking over, there were many >> subtle distinctions and outright differences that >> didn't match. The specimen "resembled" most >> of them but on closer viewing didn't "match" >> any of them. The most common feature was metallic luster >> but twasn't the same metallic luster on any of the >> photos. >> >> Not trying to be pedantic but many times it is better to >> look for the differences in all the features(e.g. fracture, >> texture, crystal faces, etc.) It the specimens match there >> will be none. >> >> I don't have a photo of metallic silicon handy but it >> too has subtle surface differences: it has a convex, >> undulating, fracture vs the flat banded fractures this >> specimen shows. >> >> Up to this point, the gas channel most certainly points to >> a smelting product(aka slag or bad run) and, I would be >> comfortable saying that I know what it is not. The great >> part about all the photo sharing is we now have many more >> materials to compare when we are trying to identify a given >> specimen. Plus I wouldn't have totally blown that >> mesosiderite photo a few months back had I looked closer. >> >> Thanks Bunches, >> Elton >> >> Elton >> >> >> --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Ruben Garcia >> <meteoritemall at yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > What bad news? You didn't think it looked like >> this >> > nantan meteorite? >> http://www.mr-meteorite.com/nantan.htm >> > To me this is the only picture that looked like >> yours... >> > what did I miss? >> >> > --- On Thu, 6/26/08, David & Kitt Deyarmin >> > <bobadebt at ec.rr.com> wrote: >> > > I will relay the bad news to my friend >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Fri 27 Jun 2008 01:56:16 PM PDT |
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