[meteorite-list] What's with these weird Campos?

From: Yinan Wang <veomega_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:46:16 -0600
Message-ID: <AANLkTi==LAn4Wt+DaKjVixdFbfdH5E5zwcO33d=R5gWM_at_mail.gmail.com>

They've been coming out for a few years, you can get them by the kilo at Tucson.

Basically they've "exploded" a campo through some method and then
polished/oiled the fragments lightly. Many of them have nice iron
crystal structures. They're fun pieces!

I've heard various theories on how they were "exploded", but if anyone
can shed more light on that technique, please do.

-Yinan

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:41 PM, Bob King <nightsky55 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> This has been bugging me a while, but I've noticed lots of smaller
> Campo del Cielos on eBay recently that look like very melted
> Sikhote-Alins. Does anyone know what's going on with these? Is someone
> blowing up Campos and melting down the pieces. Here's an example:
> http://tinyurl.com/4nuvhwn
> Thanks!
> Bob
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