[meteorite-list] Meteor fragment lands in UW-Madison geoscience department

From: Meteorites USA <eric_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:08:36 -0700
Message-ID: <4BC92634.3020305_at_meteoritesusa.com>

Joe, If you look closely at the first stone, you can see what appears to
be some lighter areas, those could be the white clasts...

Regards,
Eric



On 4/16/2010 7:53 PM, Joe Kerchner wrote:
> To me the piece that terry's soons were photographed with looks different than the hammer stone. Is it possible that the person who sold it to him pulled one over on him? Or is it just the photo that makes it look different?
> Best Wishes,
> Joe kerchner
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linton Rohr<lintonius at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 8:58 PM
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> Good luck, Joe!
> And the rest of the gang, too!
> Linton
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Kerchner"<skyrockmeteorites at yahoo.com>
> To:<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 6:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteor fragment lands in UW-Madison geoscience
> department
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>
>
>> Have to head home to coach a couple soccer games in the morning, then ill
>> b heading back. I have some very good intel and permission to hunt that
>> land tomorrow. Wish us luck, god be willing we will recover some new
>> pieces soon.
>> Best Wishes,
>> Joe kerchner
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Meteorites USA<eric at meteoritesusa.com>
>> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 8:10 PM
>> To: Meteorite-list<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteor fragment lands in UW-Madison geoscience
>> department
>>
>> "...UW-Madison meteorite experts Noriko Kita and Takayuki Ushikubo used
>> a scanning electron microscope and X-ray spectrometer to begin to
>> analyze the surface mineral composition of the rock. They identified the
>> presence of magnesium, iron, and silica-containing compounds, including
>> the common minerals olivine and pyroxene. They also found iron-nickel
>> metal and iron sulfide, which are often seen in primitive meteorites...."
>>
>> Meteor fragment lands in UW-Madison geoscience department
>> http://www.news.wisc.edu/17969
>>
>> Regards,
>> Eric Wichman
>>
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