[meteorite-list] Alamo Impact Breccia - Sweet!

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:08:23 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <623018.81621.qm_at_web113605.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Looks like you can find breccias from this impact over about half of Nevada. You just need to know which geological layer...

http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/jan04/feature_Alamo.html#

Google the terms "map alamo breccia nevada" without the quotes for many more results.

--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
--- On Wed, 11/24/10, Guenther <abe.guenther at mnsi.net> wrote:
> From: Guenther <abe.guenther at mnsi.net>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Alamo Impact Breccia - Sweet!
> To: "'Greg Hupe'" <gmhupe at htn.net>, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 12:38 PM
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Nice images. Those cuts really show some beautiful
> character. One would be a
> great conversation piece on my office desk!
> 
> On my trip to Nevada recently I stopped off at the Alamo
> area to try and
> find some impact breccias but I didn't know where to look.
> I asked around
> and an old timer had no idea. At a gas station I saw some
> literature about
> tours to the area but I couldn't find it on my own. I also
> checked Google
> and could only find information about the region but not
> exact locations of
> the impact breccias. Would you care to share the map
> location?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Abe Guenther
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]
> On Behalf Of Greg Hupe
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 4:13 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Alamo Impact Breccia - Sweet!
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I just received a special delivery from UPS today....and
> let me tell you, 
> this is some of the most beautiful material out there! I
> sent Marlin Cilz a 
> large block of the Alamo Impact Breccia to make a few cuts
> and polish them 
> up. No words can describe these so here are a few images:
> 
> Alamo Impact Breccia:
> 10,930g end cut
> 29cm x 26.5cm x 10cm
> http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00001.jpg
> 
> 2401g end cut
> 25cm x 22cm x 3cm
> http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00002.jpg
> 
> 1300g slice
> 26.5cm x 23cm x 1cm
> http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00003.jpg
> 
> 1095g slice
> 25cm x 22cm x 1cm
> http://www.lunarrock.com/AlamoBreccia/dsc00004.jpg
> 
> I hope you enjoy the images!
> 
> Best regards,
> Greg
> 
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Received on Wed 24 Nov 2010 03:08:23 PM PST