[meteorite-list] A gem among weathered unclassified orphans?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:51:12 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW91mHJmr7kmCCVjTuidJaFEhOdfhVYQvtWYiyFR5YMJDw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Phil,

Can you snap a photo or two under different lighting?

Here are a couple of my first impressions -

meteorwrong.

brachinite-like (reminds me of NWA 6077 somewhat, but your's looks
less weathered)

highly-equilibrated LL type

melt of some kind?

Best regards,

MikeG

PS - try to determine the specific gravity, that might narrow down the
possibilities.


On 7/26/11, Phil Morgan <roxfromspace at gmail.com> wrote:
> In my excitement at actually finding any iron, I may have
> over-emphasized it. Below is a copy of the photo where I've circled
> the actual flecks of metal. The other white is a mineral of some
> sort.
>
> http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/postingpics/achond2-1.jpg
>
> Regards to all,
> Phil
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Phil Morgan <roxfromspace at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I recently cut a small stone that came in a batch of unclassified NWA
>> material. Looks to be an achondrite of some sort and was wondering if
>> anyone had any ideas of what it might be. The white pinpoints in the
>> photo are tiny flecks of iron. No definitive fusion crust - a small
>> patch of either wind polish/desert varnish or transparent crust but
>> the tiny flecks of iron are certainly encouraging.
>>
>> photo is posted at:
>> http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/postingpics/achond2.jpg
>>
>> I'm the curious sort and any observations are much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Phil
>>
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