[meteorite-list] NWA 869 format correction

Jeff Pringle jlp3 at earthlink.net
Mon Jun 13 23:49:29 EDT 2005


Reformat of previous message -

 Dave & list -

>>handle a few kilo's of 869,  and you will get the idea.

It just seems that if you want to get 'NWA 869' out of the garbage can and 
into the Met.
Bulletin, *somebody* has to articulate what makes one slightly weathered,
brecciated L4-6 'NWA 869', and another one not -  since it's sold by every
meteorite middleman out there (and half the time as 'unclassified'), it'd
be interesting to see how everyone's lists of features match up, too, don't
you think?

 The main thing specifically mentioned on 869 sale pages is occasional 'dark
 inclusions' - surely there are other diagnostic features?

 Several websites claim it is 'paired with' or 'sold as' NWA 787, NWA 900 -
 "and other numbers" - how many others? Which ones? This list might be the
 best place to gather that information, or determine that what everyone has
 been calling NWA 869 is actually NWA something else, already classified 
with
 an erroneous TKW.
Or is that a can of chondrules not to be opened?

Jeff 




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