[meteorite-list] A California cold find

From: Michael Mulgrew <mikestang_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 19:27:56 -0700
Message-ID: <CAMseTy2vORg4ZeR08pmDmcxYAJ+S-J23cpb+kSYkYKNynxyoWA_at_mail.gmail.com>

List,

The thin section has been prepared:
http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mm01TSa-small.jpg


Michael in so. Cal.

On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Michael Mulgrew <mikestang at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, list.
>
> It is my pleasure to report my first cold find. It is 20.1 grams and
> oriented, with a few small flow lines in spots and a bit of roll-over
> and secondary crust on the back side. It is being thin sectioned and
> then off to be classified by Dr. Alan Rubin (thanks, Dru. Rubin!) at
> UCLA. As a native to southern California I am very please to know the
> type specimen will reside locally. I will be happy to share the exact
> find location after I submit to the NomCom' it was found generally in
> the Mojave here in so. Cal (not a dry lake) .
>
> http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mpmCold1.jpg
> http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mpmCold1a.jpg
> http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mpmCold2.jpg
> http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mpmCold3.JPG
> http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mpmCold4.JPG
> http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mpmCold5.JPG
> http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mpmCold6.JPG
> http://mikestang.com/user/cimage/mpmCold8.JPG
>
> My classification guess is an H3.8 S0 W1.
>
> Regards,
> Michael in so. Cal.
Received on Thu 09 May 2013 10:27:56 PM PDT