[meteorite-list] SLAGADOCIOUS!

From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:48:28 -0400
Message-ID: <20110731124828.ZXB2H.1387468.imail_at_fed1rmwml30>

Guido,
If there was ever a doubt that you are a true count this newest discovery confirms indeed that you get divine intervention on your hunts.
First you find the largest Chondrite ever found in Nevada. Now you find the allusive Cat MT. Pairing.
It is my understanding that this is THE FIRST confirmed pairing of Cat MT.
The earlier mentioned pecan size example has never been officially verified and therefore likely does not exist.
The part about Shirley Wetmore's identification is true.
Shirley talked the dude into chipping off a tiny piece and X rayed it and confirmed it was largely made up of forsterite a form of olivine.
With this revelation she was able to regain the attention of David Kring who had previously seen the whole rock and was one of many who had previously decided it was slag based on an exterior examination alone.
Without Shirley's aid . This rock would likely still be considered slag.
I have personally hunted there dozens of times and obviously knew what to look for as I had seen the original Cat MT in person many times before.
I shared this very secret ( at the time) find location with the Johnson's and I was with them ( Dave and Jerome) when they each found a separate half of the Snyder Hill find. Dave found the first half on one side of the hill and Jerome found the other half a short time later on the other side of the hill.
It seems it had landed on top of the hill , broke into two pieces. One went west and the other east and when found and reunited they fit perfectly back together. Interestingly it too is an L5 but, not an IMB. Could it be from the same fall? Maybe it is based on what we now know about Almahata sitta and how many different types can fall together.
Guido, I don't know how you do it but you do it well. Congrats again.

Carl
Meteoritemax

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