[meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find

From: ensoramanda at ntlworld.com <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 0:27:55 +0100
Message-ID: <20091006002755.XMT60.641530.root_at_web06-winn.ispmail.private.ntl.com>

My guess is still a mesosiderite...any prizes for the correct guess when ASU confirm? ;-)

Good luck

Graham

---- Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Jason,
> I stand corrected. An acapulcoite would be nice.
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Jason Utas <meteoritekid at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yo,
> > An acapulcoite might have a chondrule, but a lodranite, given the
> > increased metamorphism, highly doubtful.
> > That's what differentiates lodranites from acapulcoites - larger grain
> > size due to more intense/prolonged periods of metamorphism.
> > I would say a mesosiderite - compare to Clover Springs or Vaca Muerta.
> > ?I suppose it could be a CB/CH, though - but the olivine would suggest
> > otherwise.
> > Nice find, regardless.
> > Regards,
> > Jason
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Bernd and Greg,
> >>
> >> It is so strange that is for sure. I don't know what it is but it has
> >> about the same metal as an H chondrite and the olivine of a diogenite
> >> but the (possible) chondrule of a lodranite. Go figure....
> >>
> >> Whatever it is I have never seen anything quite like it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:32 PM, ?<bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> wrote:
> >>> Ruben wrote: Ureilite maybe?
> >>>
> >>> Hi Ruben and List,
> >>>
> >>> Yes, maybe a ureilite like the Hup?s' NWA 2624 but where are the triple junctions?
> >>> You would expect a lot of olivine grains with "sets" of three olivine grains that meet
> >>> in triple junctions of 120? (3 x 120? = 360?).
> >>>
> >>> Bernd
> >>>
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