[meteorite-list] What was he thinking?

[Matson, Robert]

Hi Bob,

In cases where a meteorite is obviously an O.C. (and preferably an
equilibrated O.C.), I can fully appreciate your position.  The problem
is that it's almost never obvious.  While some stones might look like
run-of-the-mill EOCs on the outside, one can be fooled.  I found a
beautifully crusted and oriented little individual at Roach Dry Lake
a few years ago and agonized over cutting it.  From the outside and
the paramagnetism, there was nothing to indicate that it was anything
other than an ordinary chondrite.  But I'm glad I cut it in the end.
Turned out to be my first find that WASN'T an ordinary chondrite.
It was an EL6!  --Rob

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Tell me,

Am I the only one who gets perturbed everytime somebody cuts a nice oriented

meteorite for classification ?
I mean, wouldn't any logical person kick theirself in the ass after they 
find out that its just another ordinary chondrite?
I could see if there was some telltale signs that the piece could be a rare 
meteorite from the exterior, but how can one ruin a nice oriented specimen 
when it most likely is a OC. There are tons of nasty looking meteorites to 
cut open to satisfy the curiosity. Why waste the oriented ones?

Have a look :
http://www.meteoris.de/list/DaG113.htm

Bob