[meteorite-list] Terrestrial age of Al-Haggounia?

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:41:04 -0400
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Hi Bob and List,

I sounded overly harsh against Al-Hagg. I used to have a nice slice
that had a big white chondrule and weathering veins that actually
looked pretty decent. It had visual interest and also had a
patch/zone of the bluish material.

Considering the bargain price of most Al-Hagg, it's actually a good
buy (most of the time).

Things Al-Hagg has going for it (favorable) :

1) visual interest (sometimes)
2) low-cost
3) "fossil" status - advanced terrestrial age gives it a place in some
collections.
4) easy to cut and polish (doesn't always take a polish)
5) is a named locality and not another NWA number
6) is an "aubrite".......... LOL. ;)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 3/21/12, Bob King <nightsky55 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> Cut and polished slices are fun to hunt for those rare chondrules
> among the swirls of oxidized minerals. I'm a fan of Al-Haggounia.
> Bob
>
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Michael Gilmer
> <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I hate to bring up Al-Haggounia again, for fear of starting the
>> aubrite-enstatite issue again. But, I have a question about Al-Hagg
>> that is unrelated to it's problematic classification.
>>
>> Has the terrestrial age of Al-Hagg ever been firmly established? And
>> if so, how long has it been here on Earth?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
>>

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