[meteorite-list] Fw: Introducing Thumb Butte

From: Sean T. Murray <stm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:22:36 -0500
Message-ID: <076F16699F0849C8907137DE403B3891_at_Platinum2>

Congrats Todd! Looking forward to seeing the info on your other 3 cold
finds!

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From: "Jack Schrader" <schraderj at rocketmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:28 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fw: Introducing Thumb Butte


Congratulations Todd on the classification and naming of your cold find!
What a great name for a meteorite as well.... "Thumb Butte". Way to go!



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Wayne Holmes <holmesw at frontiernet.net>
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Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 3:06:20 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Introducing Thumb Butte

Congratulations to Todd Parker on his new classification Thumb Butte.

One nicely Oriented 104 g specimen H3.8 Chondrite. Todd found this specimen
while hunting in the Bullhead/Laughlin area in Mar, 2008. This is the first
of Todds 4 new cold finds to be classified.

Check out the pictures on my website (first page, scroll down).

http://www.meteoritesrock.com/index.html





Thumb Butte 35? 10.196?N 114? 27.351? W

Mojave County, Arizona, USA

Find: 1 March 2008

Ordinary chondrite (H3.8)

History: Mr. Todd Parker found a 104 g stone on a small, alluvium-covered
flat just west of Thumb Butte and 4 miles east of Bullhead City, Mojave Co.,
Arizona.

Physical characteristics: The single stone is mostly covered by moderately
weathered reddish-brown fusion crust.

Petrography (T. Bunch and J. Wittke, NAU): Chondrules have sharp outlines
with a mean diameter of ~0.4 mm. Matrix is slightly recrystallzed with some
remnant calcic glass. Chondrule mesostasis is clear to turbid and several
chondrules are armored with metal and minor FeS. Contains olivine,
orthopyroxene, kamacite, FeS, taenite, merrillite, Cl-apatite, chromite and
a trace of plagioclase. Fresh interior with reddish staining, weathering
grade is W1. Shock level is S2.

Mineral compositions: Olivine, Fa17.3 - 24; orthopyroxene, Fs15.7 - 19.1Wo
1.5 - 2.3; taenite Ni = 41.2 wt%; chromite cr# = 86.

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H3.8).

Type specimen: 20 g are on deposit at NAU. Mr. Todd Parker holds the main
mass.

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