[meteorite-list] KATOL (L6) is official

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 09:10:32 -0700
Message-ID: <D59D6F27-A96C-4ABE-BBE8-2B8995E4C44F_at_meteoriteguy.com>

It is one of the prettiest meteorite pieces I've ever seen, it isn't going to be drilled, cored, cut, slabbed, dipped in acid or melted! The other 4 pieces were sold (Europe I think) let them chop theirs up:)
Michael Farmer

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> On Jan 2, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Jim Wooddell <jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Carl,
>
> Spot on!
>
> Question: How much material is required for the oxygen isotope testing???
>
>
> When we were working on the H-Metal, the ICPMS-LA (Herd) tests completed on the last one used less than 100 milli-grams.
> And previous INAA (Actlabs) testing used 100 milli-grams. And, as you know sample size was nill!
> In either case, is not like you have to cut a third of it off. Not sure about the OI tests.
>
> Jim
>
>
>> On 1/2/2014 8:48 AM, Carl Agee wrote:
>> Hi MikeG and All:
>>
>> The iron might be from L6 if it turns out that the few silicates in it
>> (olivine and pyroxenes) have L6 geochem. You see that in the H-metal
>> from Yucca. Of course large metal masses are probably not as commonly
>> associated with L. Also if you had oxygen isotopes of the silicate
>> inclusions from the iron or for that matter oxygen isotopes of the
>> lithologies that seem to be more like achondrite, you could start to
>> sort out if it is all from the same meteoroid.
>>
>> Carl Agee
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