[meteorite-list] Proudly presenting NWA 5764 LL6-L4, the first ever LL-L chondrite

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:06:03 -0500
Message-ID: <e51421550904291306q3be9b554u57a0d085506d265_at_mail.gmail.com>

What a beautiful stone. It must have been a hard decision to cut it
or not, but the reward was worth it - a new singular type!

Congratulations. :)

Best regards,

MikeG

On 4/29/09, Rob Lenssen <rlenssen at planet.nl> wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I want to share with you the special event, of the first meteorite I have
> had classified, that has been fully approved by the Nomenclature Committee
> of the Meteoritical Society.
>
> And a special meteorite it turned out to be!
> The unclassified 502g Acfer I bought in 2003 was given an NWA name due to
> the unavailability of find coordinates.
> NWA 5764 has been approved as an LL6-L4 breccia. The first ever LL-L
> chondrite!
>
> For Meteoritical Bulletin details, search for "NWA 5764":
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php
>
> Special thanks go to J. Gattacceca (CEREGE) and M. Denise (MNHN) for their
> classifying effort.
>
> Pictures of external and internal structure can be found at:
> http://home.planet.nl/~rlenssen/NWA5764.html
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Best regards,
> Rob Lenssen
> IMCA #1681
>
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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Received on Wed 29 Apr 2009 04:06:03 PM PDT