[meteorite-list] Blue Meteorite(Wrong)

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 17:20:59 +0000
Message-ID: <SNT120-W34D8E15ACD593688139C6BCAF70_at_phx.gbl>

It resembles a very weathered specimen of the type of vesiculated basalt with olivine that is fairly common out here in HI.

Best!
Tracy Latimer

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> From: joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 16:25:22 -0400
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Blue Meteorite(Wrong)
>
> A farmer found this in his field and brought it in today. A University of
> Notre Dame geologist said it contained plagioclase, olivine and possibly
> iron. He said it probably is not a meteorite and I concur with his opinion.
> I told the farmer I would post the pics on the metlist for other opinions.
> It weakly attracts a strong magnet. It's obviously nothing like the Blue
> Chondrite, NWA 1941, and it's not Sonny's Blue Eagle, so whadizzit? I have
> no idea.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts,
>
> Phil Whitmer
>
> http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/May2010b/a.jpg
>
> http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/May2010b/b.jpg
>
> http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/May2010b/c.jpg
>
> http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/May2010b/d.jpg
>
> http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/May2010b/e.jpg
>
> http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z126/tboswell/May2010b/f.jpg
>
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Received on Sat 08 May 2010 01:20:59 PM PDT