[meteorite-list] Questionable Unclasified Stone. Brecciated???

From: Frank Cressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 17:31:38 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <172764.13214.qm_at_web80202.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Erik and all,

Can't tell too much through the weathered crust. Sometimes though, the chondritic material in an impact melt breccia ablates easier than the melt forming deeper than normal thumbprints. You might have to cut it to be sure.

The following link to Bob Haag's site has a photo of Cat Mountain that shows some deep fissures similar to the ones in yours.

http://www.meteoriteman.com/collection/cat.htm

Cheers,

Frank

--- On Wed, 3/4/09, Erik Fisler <erikfwebb at msn.com> wrote:

From: Erik Fisler <erikfwebb at msn.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Questionable Unclasified Stone. Brecciated???
To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 4:09 PM

Hello List,
  At the Tucson Show this year I purchased a few unclassified chondrites from
Dima. One of them has very interesting oblation pits that creat ridges. Is this
because the stone is most likely brecciated?
Or just an interesting fenominom?
 
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/Collection/IMG_2859.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/Collection/IMG_2860.jpg
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e145/phxerik/Collection/IMG_2861.jpg
 
[Erik]
 
 
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