[meteorite-list] Strange Rock Reports

From: ensoramanda at ntlworld.com <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 8:51:25 +0100
Message-ID: <20090917085125.1WXFD.239125.root_at_web04-winn.ispmail.private.ntl.com>

Hi,

The clue is in the file name...La Mancha!...and in the glassy crust...most eucrites show a very fluid glassy crust, very distinctive, such as Millbillillie and Camel Donga. If you find stones with such a crust then even more exciting...I think very unlikely to stick to your magnet at all though, so even more difficult to initially be certain they are meteorites.

I dont think there is ever a way to describe what a fresh or weathered meteorite will look like exactly because of the variety and weathering conditions....just look at lots and keep an open mind.


Graham UK

---- Greg Stanley <stanleygregr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think it was found by Mike, but I believe it is an eucrite (high Ca) he found in Spain??? not sure, but I think in 2008?
>
> Talk about fresh... someone must have caught it with a baseball glove.
> It sure is a beauty!!
>
> Greg S.
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > From: carloselguapo1 at hotmail.com
> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:06:50 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange Rock Reports
> >
> >
> >
> > This looks similar to the one Mike Farmer found in Arizona a month or so ago. It has a glassy look to it.
> >
> > Carl
> >
> >
> >
> >>>THIS is a meteorite that just fell only days
> > before some sharp-eyed fellow picked it up:
> > http://meteoriteguy.com/lamanchaspainfall/lamancha555a.JPG<<
> > I sure hope this is some kind of joke, or I'm gonna be scarred for life.
> > The black fusion crust doesn't look like anything I thought it would look.
> > GeoZay
> >
> >
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Received on Thu 17 Sep 2009 03:51:25 AM PDT