[meteorite-list] M 009

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 14:37:03 -0700
Message-ID: <02C00BD2-C51B-4873-B183-4187C2CDB06C_at_meteoriteguy.com>

If it was in Ron Hartman's collection, perhaps it came from Michael Cottingham.

Michael Farmer

> On Nov 27, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Bernd and All,
> Thanks for the many leads and suggestions that you have given me, Bernd, but
> I'm starting to accept the possibility that the "M" (with a line through it)
> signifies that it is a "Meteor-wrong". :-(
> Which would explain why it was in the Ron Hartman Collection without a label.
>
> The negative evidence against that supposition is that M001. thru M008. are nowhere to be found.
> But this "M009." may have been the best of the lot; a real "keeper". The kind that you save for those games of one-up-man-ship when the hunters sit around the campfire and talk about the heartbreakers that didn't pan-out. "You think that ones purrty, take a gander at this beauty, boys!"
>
> If I'm at a dead-end on this one, I guess I'll have to make a thin-section to confirm ID.
> But then again, if I convince myself that this is just a limy siltstone with a small patch of psilomelane coating the exterior,
> a cheaper/quicker method of IDing would be to take a small chip and dissolve the carbonate matrix in acid, then examine
> whatever silicate grains remain under a microscope. I expect I'll see quartz. :-(
> In any case, I'll report back the results to satisfy anyone's remaining curiosity.
> And yes, of course, I will cancel my "M009. auction" : http://tinyurl.com/pclbfg2
>
> Again, thanks to everyone for their ID help with the label, and for those in the US
> Happy Thanksgiving,
> Bob V.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, November 27, 2014 3:17 AM, Bernd V. Pauli via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>
>> Could the "M" stand for one of these persons?
>>
>> Mike Martinez
>> Mike Miller
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bernd
>>
>>
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