[meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a possible"NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield

From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:48:48 -0700
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Ruben and List:

For my final answer=2C I say a metal rich diogenite like NWA 3106 (~12% met=
al).=A0 I'm going out on a limb here.=A0 Perhaps it contains sub-rounded cl=
asts.

This is fun - we need more of these where list member can guess.

Greg S.

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> Date: Tue=2C 6 Oct 2009 09:30:05 -0700
> From: mrmeteorite at gmail.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a possib=
le"NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield
>
> Wow=2C thanks Paul=2C Sonny=2C Rob and everyone else for all the interest=
 on
> my meteorite.
> I think Sonny is right it is by no means ordinary and will be a cool
> find watever it is.
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> On Tue=2C Oct 6=2C 2009 at 9:27 AM=2C Ruben Garcia wrote:
>> Wow=2C thanks Sonny=2C Rob and everyone else for all the interest on my =
meteorite.
>> I think Sonny is right it is by no means ordinary and will be a cool
>> find watever it is.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue=2C Oct 6=2C 2009 at 8:58 AM=2C wrote:
>>> Hi Ruben=2C Rob and List=2C
>>>
>>> I would like to congratulate Ruben on his new find. There is no doubt t=
hat
>>> this will be one of the top finds for 2009! Here is my 2 cents worth on=
 what
>>> type meteorite this may be. I had a chance to look at the exterior and
>>> polished face. My first impression of the cut face reminded me of a
>>> ureilite. I also noticed what appeared to be a chondrule that would rul=
e out
>>> a ureilite=2C unless it was a relic chondrule. The exterior has the wea=
thered
>>> appearance of a lodranite. What ever this meteorite turns out to be=2C =
it will
>>> be unique. I guess we will have to leave it up to the experts.
>>>
>>> 2 cents worth poll : )
>>>
>>> #1 Ureilite
>>> #2 Lodranite
>>>
>>>
>>> Sonny
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Ruben=2C
>>>
>>> Congrats on the new Arizona find! What a terrific discovery: metal=2C
>>> large olivine phenocrysts=2C and even a lonely chondrule. The presence
>>> of that chondrule would seem=2C by definition=2C to rule out an achondr=
ite
>>> classification=2C although I understand acapulcoites apparently (and
>>> paradoxically) can contain chondrules (e.g. NWA 725=2C GRA 98028).
>>> But I can't say I've ever heard of an acapulcoite with such large
>>> olivine phenocrysts=2C so I would be inclined to rule out this
>>> classification.
>>>
>>> I guess the riddle to ask is "When does a pallasite have chondrules?"
>>>
>>> :D --Rob
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
>>> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Ruben
>>> Garcia
>>> Sent: Monday=2C October 05=2C 2009 1:15 PM
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] A Rare Arizona Meteorite Find plus a
>>> possible"NEW" New Mexico Strewnfield
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all=2C
>>>
>>> On September 24=2C 2009 I made (what I think will be) one of the most
>>> important Arizona meteorite finds of my life. I found what is probably
>>> a very rare achondrite meteorite. I say probably because no one can
>>> definitively say what type it is just by looking. It is currently
>>> being classified at ASU by Lawrence Garvie =96 so we will soon know.
>>>
>>> Here is a link
>>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/ararearizonafind.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> This past weekend =96 in an attempt to find more - I put together a tea=
m
>>> of top notch meteorite hunters (Mike Miller=2C Sonny Clary=2C Stan Wall=
=2C
>>> Del Waterbury=2C Mike Morgan and Myself). Unfortunately=2C between the
>>> rains and mud we came up empty.
>>>
>>> After checking the weather (online) with a very helpful Susan Morrison
>>> we decided that in order to get out of the rain we needed to head
>>> east. Within a sort time we found ourselves in an area in New Mexico
>>> where no finds have been recorded.
>>>
>>> We hunted for an hour or two when I spotted Mike Morgan and Del
>>> examining a stone. Sure enough Del had found his first cold find and
>>> it was a very fresh looking meteorite! Mike Morgan was next to find
>>> one and then shortly after I did too.
>>>
>>> We think this may prove to be a =93NEW=94 and very fresh New Mexico=3D2
>>> 0Strewn
>>> field. Time will tell as we return to hunt for more of these
>>> beautifully crusted specimens in the weeks to come.
>>>
>>> Take a look
>>> http://www.mr-meteorite.net/newmexicometeorites.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> Ruben Garcia
>>> Phoenix=2C Arizona
>>> WWW.Mr-Meteorite.Net
>>>
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