[meteorite-list] Franconia classification/slices

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:12 2004
Message-ID: <20040408093108.51080.qmail_at_web60303.mail.yahoo.com>

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meteorite-list] Franconia classification/variations
Wally B desertexplorer_at_lycos.com
Wed, 07 Apr 2004 20:43:55 -0700

Hi List,
After seeing some of the Franconia posts and their
pictures, I got to thinking, does anyone know how many
different types of the Franconia Wash meteorite from
Arizona there are?
++++++++++ has any larger stones been sectioned
where these fissures are to see if the stones vary in
metal content?
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Hello Wally B. & List

Here is an image of a slice that I have taken from the
first & original "Franconia (H5)" stone:

http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/mrf/franh5-g.jpg

We may never know "how many different types of
meteorites were found in the Franconia Wash area of
AZ"

So far, the only stone that has been classified was
the first one that was found by John Wolfe. I
submitted this classificationa and the name
"Franconia" to the Nomenclature Committee, and
contrary to what is being said, it is now approved -
and it currently appears in MB#88.

But the name "Franconia" only applies to this one
stone
 - the first find -
which is in my possession, and for now,
only slices from that stone can be properly called
"Franconia (H5)".

Here are several other slices that are from the, now
officially recognized Franconia (H5) meteorite:

<http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/mrf/franconia-slices.htm>

Bob V.

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Received on Thu 08 Apr 2004 05:31:08 AM PDT