[meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a possible"NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield

From: Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:30:05 -0700
Message-ID: <80659e1a0910060930p3ae88d9fhb7edade849819d52_at_mail.gmail.com>

Wow, thanks Paul, Sonny, Rob and everyone else for all the interest on
my meteorite.
I think Sonny is right it is by no means ordinary and will be a cool
find watever it is.







On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Ruben Garcia <mrmeteorite at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, thanks Sonny, Rob and everyone else for all the interest on my meteorite.
> I think Sonny is right it is by no means ordinary and will be a cool
> find watever it is.
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> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:58 AM, ?<wahlperry at aol.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ruben, Rob and List,
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>> I would like to congratulate Ruben on his new find. There is no doubt that
>> this will be one of the top finds for 2009! Here is my 2 cents worth on what
>> type meteorite this may be. I had a chance to look at the exterior and
>> polished face. My first impression of the cut face ?reminded me of a
>> ureilite. I also noticed what appeared to be a chondrule that would rule out
>> a ureilite, unless it was a relic chondrule. The exterior has the weathered
>> appearance of a lodranite. What ever this meteorite turns out to be, it will
>> be unique. I guess we will have to leave it up to the experts.
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>> 2 cents worth poll : )
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>> #1 Ureilite
>> #2 Lodranite
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>> Sonny
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>> Hi Ruben,
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>> Congrats on the new Arizona find! What a terrific discovery: metal,
>> large olivine phenocrysts, and even a lonely chondrule. The presence
>> of that chondrule would seem, by definition, to rule out an achondrite
>> classification, although I understand acapulcoites apparently (and
>> paradoxically) can contain chondrules (e.g. NWA 725, GRA 98028).
>> But I can't say I've ever heard of an acapulcoite with such large
>> olivine phenocrysts, so I would be inclined to rule out this
>> classification.
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>> I guess the riddle to ask is "When does a pallasite have chondrules?"
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>> :D ?--Rob
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Ruben
>> Garcia
>> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 1:15 PM
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a
>> possible"NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield
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>> Hi all,
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>> On September 24, 2009 I made (what I think will be) one of the most
>> important Arizona meteorite finds of my life. I found what is probably
>> a very rare achondrite meteorite. I say probably because no one can
>> definitively say what type it is just by looking. It is currently
>> being classified at ASU by Lawrence Garvie ? so we will soon know.
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>> Here is a link
>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/ararearizonafind.htm
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>> This past weekend ? in an attempt to find more - I put together a team
>> of top notch meteorite hunters (Mike Miller, Sonny Clary, Stan Wall,
>> Del Waterbury, Mike Morgan and Myself). Unfortunately, between the
>> rains and mud we came up empty.
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>> After checking the weather (online) with a very helpful Susan Morrison
>> we decided that in order to get out of the rain we needed to head
>> east. Within a sort time we found ourselves in an area in New Mexico
>> where no finds have been recorded.
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>> We hunted for an hour or two when I spotted Mike Morgan and Del
>> examining a stone. Sure enough Del had found his first cold find and
>> it was a very fresh looking meteorite! Mike Morgan was next to find
>> one and then shortly after I did too.
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>> We think this may prove to be a ?NEW? and very fresh New Mexico=2
>> 0Strewn
>> field. Time will tell as we return to hunt for more of these
>> beautifully crusted specimens in the weeks to come.
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>> Take a look
>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/newmexicometeorites.htm
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>>
>> Ruben Garcia
>> Phoenix, Arizona
>> WWW.Mr-Meteorite.Net
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