[meteorite-list] Fwd: Andasite Meteorites? Please have a look...

From: Bill Hall <meteoritics_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:19:44 -0700
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From: Bill Hall <meteoritics at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 3:01 AM
Subject: Andasite Meteorites? Please have a look...
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Hello?fellow meteorite enthusiasts,

If there are any people who are ?really really good with meteorites, I
could use your help. This stone has been an enigma for the past few
years. It was purchased from Mohamed Sbai, ?At Inn Suites in Tucson
2008. It is supposed to be from Dofar Oman. The ICPMS tests done at
Actlabs indicate a close to Earth composition ( but it has strange
anomalies). I cant seem to send attachments to the list or I would
include the file.

The basics are:? SiO2 is 75.53%
?????????????????????????Al203 is? 11.78%
?????????????????????????FE203 is 2.93%
???????????????????????? MnO is .047%
???????????????????????? MgO is .12%
???????????????????????? CaO is .34%
?????????????????????????Na2O is 3.87%
?????????????????????????K2O is 4.09%
???????????????????????? TIO2 is .129%
?????????????????????????P205 is .02
???????????????????????? LOl is .58
???????????????????????? Ni is 3110 ppm



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?Please click on this link to see An article about Earth like
meteorites.......http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/scitech/release.cfm?ArticleID=1812

I sent this to James Day....

Hello James
???????????????? Are you one of the scientists who worked on the
andesite meteorite? If so I need to talk with you please. I believe I
have one. I have thousands of meteorites but nothing like this. This
was recovered in Dofar Oman. I will attach a photo, and I also have
ICPMS data if you care to look. Please help me with this........
#1 this stone was purchased in Tucson in 2008 from Mohamed Sbai, a
supplier of Lunar and Martian meteorites. It is from Dhofar region of
Oman, and weighs 516 grams, and aprox. 4'' in diameter
#2 This stone is Brecciated and has white clasts. Clasts show no sign
of erosion with sharp edges
#3 This stone has regmaglypts
#4 This stone has small pits from micro meteorite impacts
#5 This stone has? chondrules and found 1 with metal rim
#6 This stone has VERY TINY metal flakes inside, not very many, but
they are there. It is VERY weekly magnetic
#7 This stone has no, or very thin, waxy, fusion crust with a green
tint to it. Surface has a FEW small vesicles
#8 This stone has been visually examined by several geologists,
meteorite dealers, 1 physicist, and a Representative from the Cascadia
Meteorite Laboratory, and the consensus is that it is for sure a
meteorite, but a really unusual one.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Thanks, Bill Hall

Here is James Days E-Mail back to me after seeing the test results..

Hi Bill,
I was indeed the lead on the GRA project you are referring to - thanks
for contacting me.
Certainly, the sample you has is most intriguing and a bizarre
composition. As you likely know, the elevated Pb and Ba
are likely desert weathering, and nothing to be too concerned with.
What is weird is the high Si, low Fe composition of the rock.
What was the major- and trace-element measurements conducted on? A
clast? A portion of the bulk rock?
Cheers,
James


Also see? ?http://www.bccmeteorites.com/pigeonholing.htm

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So What do you think??

Do I have a very rare meteorite, or a$1500 paper weight ???

???????Any advice would be appreciated.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Bill Hall,
Bend Oregon,? 541-419-2210
Received on Thu 24 Jun 2010 03:19:44 AM PDT