[meteorite-list] Classic meteorites - my Top 10

From: Dave Schultz <indy1996_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:39 2004
Message-ID: <20031207013853.74721.qmail_at_web40508.mail.yahoo.com>

  Hey Norbert! You left out that "Classic" Indiana
meteorite "LaFayette!!! ;)
                              Dave


> Hi John, and List,
>
> If you hadn't added the word "classic" I would have
> placed the new lunar Dhofar 908 on nr. one, for
> obvious
> reasons. Doesn't matter, there are also lots of
> great
> classic meteorites, and here's my Top 10:
>
> 1. Chassigny (martian dunite, and witnessed fall)
> 2. Nakhla (martian clinopyroxenite, and witnessed
> fall)
> 3. Shergotty (martian basalt, and witnessed fall)
> 4. Calcalong Creek (the first non-Antarctic lunar)
> 5. Ensisheim (yes, the only chondrite in my
> listing)
> 6. Governador Valadares (nakhlite find from Brazil)
> 7. Ibitira (vesicular eucrite fall from Brazil)
> 8. Novo-Urei (the first ureilite - yum, yum ;-)
> 9. Acapulco (now, that's a neat one, isn't it?)
> 10. Aubres (another type specimen, and a real
> beauty)
>
> I know that this list might not fit into your
> definition
> of "classic" meteorites, but that's my take of it
> ;-)
>
> All the best,
> Norbert


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