[meteorite-list] Monthly Favourite - July 2009

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 01:07:04 +1100
Message-ID: <E9C6D24C58954C7EAEC5E80E15F06B50_at_JeffPC>

Thought I would post this as the most recent Monthly Favourite in response
to Mike's breccia email (below) a few days ago:

http://www.meteorites.com.au/favourite/july2009.html

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:12 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Mystery unclassified stone meteorite - what is it?


> Hi Listees!
>
> I have this oddball meteorite in my cabinet that I have had for a long
> time. I liked the way the outside looked, so I kept it. When I
> finally bought I saw, I cut this specimen open and was pleasantly
> surprised. It's a real oddball - perhaps a breccia of some type. The
> first photo doesn't show it well, but there is metal fleck present.
> Has anyone ever seen a specimen like this? Can anyone take an
> educated guess as to what it might be?
>
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/breccia-dual/breccia-2.jpg
>
> The outside of the stone -
>
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/breccia-dual/breccia-outside.jpg
>
> I cut a small slice and polished it. The brecciated features faded
> into the matrix and became very hard to see, but it made the sparse
> metal fleck easier to see when the specimen is tilted the right way,
> in this last photo -
>
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/breccia-dual/breccia-iron.jpg
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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Received on Sun 28 Feb 2010 09:07:04 AM PST