[meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite

From: Charles Viau <cviau_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 27 11:40:24 2005
Message-ID: <20050227164021.480E22657A_at_ns4.beld.net>

Hi List,

Not trying to be picky about terminology, but would not "meteor within a
meteorite" be the scientifically correct statement here? OR, just the fact
that it was encapsulated still makes it a meteorite, since it made it to the
ground.

Also, the border material of the encapsulated meteor should be of great
scientific value, since there is no other way for an intact meteor to make
it on the ground without burnishing it's surface.

Just a thought, and looking for comment

Regards
CharlyV

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Christian
Anger
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 9:45 AM
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com; 'Bernhard Rems'
Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: A meteorite within a meteorite

Hi Bernhard,

I have a similar feature in an unequilibrated chondrite.

Have a look at my slice of NWA 2288 L3 11.7g

http://austromet.com/collection/NWA_2288_11.7g.jpg

dimensions of the slice are 40x35mm


cheers,

Christian

IMCA #2673
www.austromet.com
 
Christian Anger
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2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
AUSTRIA
 
email: christian.anger_at_aon.at
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Bernhard
Rems
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 2:26 PM
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] A meteorite within a meteorite

Hi,

just wanted to point you to a picture of one of my latest aquisitions:

http://www.meteoritegallery.com/gallery/viennametcoll/sau068?full=1

This is SaU 068, a H5 with a TKW 0f 1.165g in one mass. I recently purchased
a full slice of 61g from Sergej from ebay, and I thought it was astonishing
that noone else seemed interested in this particular slice.

If you look at the picture, you see a pretty obvious inclusion of a second
meteorite in SaU 068, which has a different appearance that the rather
blackish main part. What isn't visibile in the picture is the difference in
visible metal: the larger, blacker exterior has little to no visible metal,
while the brownish "inclusion" has more than a lot.

The slice is polished on both sides, but by touching the piece with your
fingers you can feel the difference in structure and much more so the border
between the two kinds of meteoritic material. The "inclusion" is much
smaller on the other side of the the slice.

I know, it's still an H5, but I think it's an interesting piece - thus I
wanted to share it with you.

Bernhard


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