[meteorite-list] New Australian fall

From: Jason Utas <meteoritekid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:13:43 -0700
Message-ID: <93aaac890909181813s13c30216u64d2d743333fd07d_at_mail.gmail.com>

And in case you didn't check the met-bull, the Bunburra Rockhole
meteorite has been classified as a typical Eucrite.
He stated that said meteorite is not from Vesta, but Eucrites are
widely accepted to have come from Vesta.
I suppose we don't have solid proof of that yet, but it is generally
accepted to be true, based on reflected light analyses.
Go figure.
Jason

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Michael Fowler <mqfowler at mac.com> wrote:
>> And I think it might be interesting to note this article, where Dr.
>> Philip Bland can be quoted as stating that Eucrites are not, in fact,
>> from Vesta.
>> Go figure.
>>
>>
>> http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/technology/6075299/rare-meteorite-found-in-outback/
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jason
>
> Jason,
>
> You were a little bit hasty or misleading in your summarizing of Dr Bland.
>
> see quote below from the article you cited. ?(and to think that we are
> always criticizing reporters for getting it wrong!)
>
> Mike Fowler
> Chicago
>
>
>
> ""Dr Bland says most basalt meteorites, like the one found in the Nullarbor,
> originate from a large asteroid called Vesta but the Bunburra Rockhole
> meteorite is different.
>
> "Our little guy can't be from Vesta, the composition is all wrong," he
> said.""
>
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