[meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find

From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:32:22 -0700
Message-ID: <80659e1a0910051632n3e00949agb082f1bb9571bad1_at_mail.gmail.com>

Yes, Hopper and I will buy you lunch if you are right. I'd have to
consult her to give anymore as she was there at the time of finding
and so half the stone is hers....



On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:27 PM, <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> 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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