[meteorite-list] New 4.4g Cold find

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:37:21 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW93AjJqZsViZW9XHr74GY1WfpuRguzF2dx+v77va+jYmg_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Sonny,

It does look carbonaceous. Maybe you could hand cut it on a small
trimsaw - just shave off the broken area where the matrix is exposed.
It should leave the majority of the stone intact. Given the small
size, the type sample won't be much. :)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 1/16/13, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
> Congrats Sonny, I would guess carbonaceous myself. Seems similar to some I
> have bought myself.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 16, 2013, at 1:45 PM, wahlperry at aol.com wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I found a  4.4g oriented meteorite. It looks like a weathered OC but on a
>> closer inspection the back side shows a frothy brown fusion crust with a
>> dark interior.Could this be normal weathering for chondrite? I would hate
>> to cut it and find out that it is only a OC and ruin the oriented
>> meteorite. On a long shot maybe a Impact Melt or CC chondrite?
>>
>> Sonny
>>
>>
>> http://www.nevadameteorites.com/nevadameteorites/New_Cold_Find.html
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