[meteorite-list] Alamo Impact Breccia - Sweet!

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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:14:52 +0000
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True, but most of it is the distal parts of the AB and do not present good slabs.
You want to get the material in Zone 2, just west of the town of Alamo, near Tikaboo Pk.

There are a few theses at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO (including my MS thesis done on accretionary lapilli within the AB) that give locations with better maps than those published in online journals.

Matt
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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>
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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:08:23
To: 'Greg Hupe'<gmhupe at htn.net>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; Guenther<abe.guenther at mnsi.net>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Alamo Impact Breccia - Sweet!

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.

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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
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> 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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