[meteorite-list] Is it just me, or does this Australian meteorite look like NWA?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:06:25 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW-eLi8CjNPr7RuFFRHeLn-L2G7eRB4pF=R6K+nxKOWAhg_at_mail.gmail.com>

I have to agree - I overlooked the obvious date, which is a few years
too early for NWA.

Still, this is an example of a stone not looking like what one would expect.

Best regards,

MikeG



On 1/28/15, Gmail <mendy.ouzillou at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike, based the year found and when first classified, I highly doubt that it
> is an NWA.
>
> It may have been transported within Australia though.
>
> Best,
>
>
> Mendy Ouzillou
>
> On Jan 28, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> While poking around the Met Bulletin database, I ran across the Pigick
> H5 meteorite.
>
> The only two photos of Pigick in the database strongly resemble a NWA
> stone. The desert varnish appears to resemble typical NWA varnish and
> there are some captive sand grains in the weathering cracks - also
> resembling typical NWA.
>
> The bulletin write-up for Pigick says the fragments were discovered in
> a "wheat paddock" - are captive sand grains consistent with a "wheat
> paddock" ?
>
> Could this be a possible case of a transported NWA, or are looks deceiving
> me?
>
> Link : http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=18821
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
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Received on Wed 28 Jan 2015 09:06:25 PM PST