[meteorite-list] NEW Ocate, NM Iron Classification

From: Greg Hupe <gmhupe_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:20:35 -0400
Message-ID: <A71D827E1D0742E58FF2D5C6271780FE_at_Gregor>

Hello Rob,

Thank you for your email. Good question. Between the science done, finder's
statement and visually inspected by many people who have seen a lot of
Canyon Diablo, there is not a chance of a pairing.

Best regards,
Greg

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 7:49 PM
Subject: RE: NEW Ocate, NM Iron Classification


> Hi Greg,
>
> How sure is UAb that Ocate isn't paired to Canyon Diablo? Here's a
> comparison of trace elements (units are mg/g for Ni & Co, micrograms/gram
> for all others):
>
> Elem. Ocate, NM Canyon Diablo Diff. Sigma
> ----- -------------- --------------- ----- -----
> Ni 69.9 +/- 0.5 69.2 +/- 1.7 0.7 < 1
> Co 0.466 +/- 0.004 0.468 +/- 0.015 0.002 << 1
> Ga 71.9 +/- 0.3 83.8 +/- 3.4 11.9 3.2
> Ge 271 +/- 6 322 +/- 19 51 2.0
> Ir 2.25 +/- 0.04 2.17 +/- 0.07 0.08 < 1
> Au 1.60 +/- 0.03 1.57 +/- 0.11 0.03 << 1
> As 15.2 +/- 0.3 12.7 +/- 0.7 2.5 2.5
> Cu 119 +/- 11 148 +/- 6 29 1.7
> W 0.87 +/- 0.08 0.99 +/- .129 0.12 < 1
> Re 0.22 +/- 0.02 0.228 +/- 0.027 0.008 << 1
>
> The most significant differences are gallium (more than 3-sigma different)
> and germanium (2-sigma). (The 2.5-sigma difference on arsenic may not be
> as significant since the 1-sigma measurement error is greater than 5%;
> similarly, copper's measurement uncertainty is greater than 9%.)
>
> --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Greg
> Hupe
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 3:18 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] NEW Ocate, NM Iron Classification & Specimens -
> AD
>
> Dear List Members,
>
> I would like to announce a newly-approved iron meteorite found in New
> Mexico in 1986 and has just been approved. It is a IAB-MG (Main Group),
> coarse ochtahedrite and is named "Ocate" after the nearest town to where
> it was found. It will be in the online database soon and will be published
> in MB96 (Sept, issue MaPS). It wasn't until 2008 that they finder
> approached me with the single 6.4kg stone that the classification process
> began. I went to the find site last fall with the person who found it to
> take GPS coordinates, photograph the area and to hunt for more if there
> were any to be found. We didn't have much time to hunt at that time so we
> did not find any others.
>
> Here are a couple of links to give you an idea of how nice Ocate is (see
> all available specimens below classification below). This was cut and
> prepared by one of the best meteorite craftsman in the business!
>
> Polished and etched face of a 314g complete slice:
> http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/specimens/dsc00002.jpg
> Ocate, New Mexico sign:
> http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/OcateSign.jpg
> The find site of the 6.4kg Ocate iron:
> http://www.lunarrock.com/ocate/findsite.jpg
>
> Getting to the find site is treacherous and a 4-wheel drive vehicle with
> high clearance is required! It took us about three hours after leaving the
> paved road to get to the site up the mountain on a road that was more like
> a crater-ridden trail with large boulders in most places and swampy mud in
> others. To successfully hunt the site would require camping for a week,
> there is no way to drive up and down the mountain each day and get enough
> hunting hours in to make it worthwhile. There are also lots of elk hunters
> during hunting season so anyone who wants to give it a go, be careful!
>
> Submitted and approved classification for "Ocate":
> Ocate
> 36? 17.72' N, 105? 2.90' W
>
> Mora County, New Mexico
>
> Find: 1986
>
> Iron (IAB-MG), coarse octahedrite
>
>
>
> History: This single 6.4kg mass was found by a local New Mexico hunter in
> 1986. Knowing it was different from the surrounding rocks and had an odd
> appearance (the face of a bear), the hunter took it home and set it aside
> with an odd assortment of 'collectibles' while hunting and mountaineering
> over decades in the New Mexico area. The owner contacted G. Hupe in May
> 2008 for verification of the find, which was confirmed by study of the
> type sample at the University of Alberta.
>
> Physical characteristics: A single stone weighing 6402 grams with
> virtually no apparent fusion crust, yet also lacking progressed
> terrestrial alteration, which contributes towards its dark brown metallic
> appearance with well defined regmaglypts.
>
> Petrography: (C. Herd, N. Bruemmer, UAb) A 5 x 7 cm polished and etched
> slab reveals Widmanst?tten pattern with an average bandwidth of 1.4 ? 0.2
> mm, few areas of plessite, and numerous inclusions. A 1 cm ellipsoidal
> graphite nodule and several smaller inclusions of graphite, troilite and
> schreibersite are associated with polygonal kamacite on one portion of the
> slab. Smaller, mm-scale elongate inclusions of troilite are oriented
> parallel to kamacite lamellae where the Widmanst?tten is better developed.
> Terrestrial oxides decorate fractures within a few mm of the exterior
> surface.
>
> Geochemistry: Bulk Composition: INAA data (J. Duke, UAb): Ni = 6.99 ? 0.05
> wt%, Co = 0.466 ? 0.004 wt%, Ga = 71.9 ? 0.3 ?g/g, Ge = 271 ? 6 ?g/g, Ir =
> 2.25 ? 0.04 ?g/g, Au = 1.60 ? 0.03 ?g/g, As = 15.2 ? 0.3 ?g/g, Cu = 119 ?
> 11 ?g/g, W = 0.87 ? 0.08 ?g/g, Re = 0.22 ? 0.02 ?g/g (uncertainties 1s,
> 68% confidence level).
>
> Classification: Iron meteorite, IAB main group, coarse octahedrite,
> minimal shock, minimal weathering.
>
Received on Tue 26 May 2009 08:20:35 PM PDT