[meteorite-list] NWA 869

[David Hardy]

1 @ 4 kg and 1 @ 640 gr.

David H.


--- Bob Evans <bobe5531 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Count me in for about 8 kilos of NWA 869 headed to the saw very soon.
> 
> Bob
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Grossman" <jgrossman at usgs.gov>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 7:22 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 869
> 
> 
> > 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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