[meteorite-list] Meteoritists: Do Angrites Originate from Mercury?

From: al mitt <almitt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:45:34 -0500
Message-ID: <089F8F90329B4A349BC26D91C0359042_at_StarmanPC>

Hi Walter,

A non-scientist chiming in. A while back we had this discussion when someone
was promoting their material and used this as a possible selling point. I
believe in the end based on sited scientific papers it was mostly agreed
there is not any real proof of the angrite material coming from Mercury.

I have included some reference material for your and other list member's
reading by scientists on this subject.

Here:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20070021589_2007019150.pdf
and

here: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995Metic..30..269L .

Here is another list post:
http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2010-July/066945.html on
this subject.

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Branch" <waltbranch at bellsouth.net>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:54 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteoritists: Do Angrites Originate from Mercury?


> Hello Everyone,
>
> As the subject line indicates, I would like to know what the scientists on
> the list think about the idea that the Angrites parent planet is the
> planet Mercury. I would really like to know their opinion. Yes. No.
> Maybe?
>
> And why or why not? Characteristics of magnetism, oxygen isotopic ratios,
> density, chemical composition? What have you.
>
> What are the data to support your conclusion?
>
> I would very much like to hear from scientists who have actually handled
> this material. Not non-scientists (such as myself), scientist wannabes,
> scientists spokespeople, name droppers, etc. Just scientists.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Walter Branch
Received on Fri 28 Jan 2011 12:45:34 PM PST