[meteorite-list] 99 Luft-bottles - sitting in my cabinet drawer

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:18:11 -0400
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=dz5RAH4iacE8a=HXdi_2wuJSNPA_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Greg,

I should have been more specific - the "non-NWA" material consists of
all meteorites without an NWA number. :)

Didn't they find more pairings to Al-Hagg/2828? I seem to recall that
at least one other stone was paired to it.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 4/28/11, Greg Hupe <gmhupe at centurylink.net> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
> Nice show of glassware there! I would like to offer up a friendly correction
> to your list of "non-NWA" material. These are all NWA meteorites:
>
> Al Haggounia (paired to NWA 2828)
> Bassikounou
> Bensour
> Breja
> Chergach
> El Hammami
> Tamdakt
> Zag
>
> Best Regards,
> Greg
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Gilmer
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:52 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] 99 Luft-bottles - sitting in my cabinet drawer
>
> Hi List,
>
> I finished converting my micromount storage from 3ml glass vials to
> 5ml glass vials - the latter have a larger storage capacity and have a
> wider neck to accomodate larger fragments. I keep most of my tiny
> frags, crumbs, and dust in these glass vials. As of now, I have 2
> drawers filled with about 48 bottles each - this holds the majority of
> my micromount inventory. On average, each vial will hold about 2-5g
> of material, depending on the size of the fragments.
>
> I like these small bottles because they are air-tight, compact, and
> they let me see the contents at a glance. I also like the "old
> school" look of glass with corks.
>
> On the right is the NWA drawer, which holds all of my NWA micros. On
> the left is the drawer that holds named finds and falls (or non-NWA
> Saharans)
>
> Photo link -
> http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/new-micros-vials.jpg
>
> In the photo, from the bottom left to upper right -
>
> Drawer 1 (non-NWA)
>
> Allende
> Al Haggounia
> Ash Creek
> Bassikounou
> Bensour
> Breja
> Camel Donga
> Canyon Diablo spheroids
> Canyon Diablo shale
> Canyon Diablo crater sand
> Carancas
> Chergach
> DaG 477
> Dalgety Downs
> Daule
> Dawn(a)
> Dhofar 362
> Dimmitt
> El Hammami
> Ghubara
> Gold Basin
> Holbrook
> Huckitta
> Imilac (skeletons)
> Juancheng
> Kilabo
> Koltsovo
> La Criolla
> Lahoma
> Lanton
> Lemmon
> Northbranch
> Norton County
> Nuevo Mercurio
> Pallasovka
> Park Forest
> Portales Valley
> SAU 504
> Sulagiri
> Tamdakt
> Tatahouine
> Thuathe
> Travis(a)
> Tulia(b)
> Vaca Muerta
> Weston
> Zag
> Zunhua
>
>
> Drawer 2 (NWA) - (bottom left to upper right)
>
> 323
> 515
> 787
> 801
> 869 (peas)
> 869 (frags)
> 960
> 1877
> 2086
> 2778 (frags)
> 2778 (part slices)
> 2975
> 3134
> 3144
> 3152
> 3336
> 4292
> 4473
> 4528
> 4846
> 4688
> 4689
> 5054
> 5055
> 5129
> 5133
> 6026 (frags)
> 6026 (dust)
> 6075
> 6077
> 6080
> 6284
> 6287
> 6289
> 6391
> 6393
> 6387
> 6394
> uNWA (peas)
> Loose olivines
> Loose chondrules
> Loose olivines
> Empty vials x6
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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