[meteorite-list] Latest Meteorite Find in Plainview - ID HELPREQUESTED

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:33:49 +1000
Message-ID: <B5C2B32CC9F6404DA3D5D2BED35BEF39_at_JeffPC>

That is such a great story! Thanks for sharing.

It looks a little like Tulia (a) or Dimmit to me. Weathering is probably
more like Tulia than Dimmit but that's not really something you can go by
too much.

Good luck with it!

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "McCartney Taylor" <mccartney at blackbearddata.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 7:42 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Latest Meteorite Find in Plainview - ID
HELPREQUESTED


> OK, folks, here's the scoop-
>
>
> I just got back from a trip to West Texas today. I visited some family,
> then my wife and I visited several people in Plainview trying to hunt
> down a reported meteorite. After visiting 5 people, my last trip took
> us to a nice old lady. She showed me her 'meteorite stone' that was
> actually a nice piece of petrified wood. Being polite, I explained
> about meteorites while she gave us a tour of her gardens. On the back
> side of the house in her back garden, amongst a dozen lava rocks I
> spotted a meteorite. Bingo!
>
>
> Masses 1.25 kg (~3 lb), half stone. Only 5% of very old fusion crust
> left. Weathered with cracks, has the dark red soil of the surrounding
> cotton country wedged in the cracks. Shows multiple plow marks on the
> rock. She doesn't remember where she picked it up. Weak magnetic
> attraction. Dr. Ehlmann thinks we can rule out Plainview 1917 as this is
> too weathered. That leaves Plainview B (1950), C, D, and any other
> local meteorite like pehaps Hale Center, Tulia, Dimmit, etc.
>
>
>
> To make this a bit fun, I want to bring in collectors on this list to be
> part of the ID team.
>
>
> What I need:
> Take a peek at the stone in these shots. There is a ground face (40
> grit) that shows chondrules. See if anyone has ideas what meteorite we
> should attempt to pair this with. The feedback I get is just going to be
> point of departure work, I'll then get an institution to confirm the
> pairing.
>
>
>
> Pics at:
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/mccartneytaylor/PlainviewFind2010?feat=directlink
>
>
> I'll post a video soon with better shots and more information.
>
>
> -mt
>
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Received on Fri 18 Jun 2010 11:33:49 PM PDT