[meteorite-list] NWA 869

[Martin H.]

Hi Jeff,

"...make yourselves useful..." ?

Seems that a touch of contempt for the List has
slipped out from between your keys.

"Garbage can" ?

Again, maybe NWA 869 might not be your favorite
meteorite, but surely it deserves more respect than
that.

As far as your question, like Mike and Al (and no
doubt other normally useless members of this List will
or have told you) 869 is abundant to say the least. In
fact, at the recent Tucson show, there were many
fossil dealers who had many, many kg of what might be
869, and likely much of that material is back in
storage or on a slow boat back to NWA given their
prices.

The reason for mentioning this is that while this List
may have its faults, it also has its limits, and the
complete picture of NWA 869 will hardly be filled in
by a single post here. Further, I know of at least one
meteorite dealer who does not partake of the fine
commentary of this List, but does possess many, likely
hundreds of kg of 869 - in fact I think he stores it
in garbage cans...

Cheers,

Dr. Martin Horejsi



--- Jeff Grossman <jgrossman at usgs.gov> wrote:

> Okay list, time to make yourselves useful...
> 
> Everybody wants the NomCom to publish and make
> official the name NWA 
> 869.  So please, if you know anything, help
> contribute to the facts so I 
> can produce a writeup for submission to the
> committee.
> 
> Here's what I've got:
> 
> * At least 400 kg of material has been sold out of
> markets in Morocco under 
> this name.
> 
> * Alan Rubin classified a piece.  It was a
> fragmental breccia, probably 
> L4-6.  A thin section of L5 material gave Fa24.2,
> S3, W1.
> 
> So what's the rest of the story?  How much is out
> actually there?  When did 
> it appear on the market?  Is it all coming from one
> finder/dealer?  Is the 
> find location known?  Is it really L4-6 (is this the
> right range)?  Is it 
> all coming from the same fall, or is the name NWA
> 869 a garbage can for all 
> kinds of unclassified ordinary chondrites?  What
> large stones are in 
> collections?  Are other NWAs paired with 869? 
> Which?
> 
> Please reply to the list only... I don't need a
> separate copy.
> 
> jeff
> 
> Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman       phone: (703) 648-6184
> US Geological Survey          fax:   (703) 648-6383
> 954 National Center
> Reston, VA 20192, USA
> 
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