[meteorite-list] Another new LL6 Fall

Roman Jirasek rom at look.ca
Thu Mar 31 23:01:03 EST 2005


IT's April 1st there!
> email: christian.anger at aon.at
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>

Roman

----- Original Message -----
From: "tett" <tett at rogers.com>
To: "Christian Anger" <christian.anger at aon.at>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another new LL6 Fall


> Am I being over sceptical by saying that statistically this does not make
> any sense.  Another LL6 to fall ???????
>
> Bensour, others,,,, and now,,,, this one!  What am I missing here?
Bensour
> was right in that same area just 3 years ago.
>
> tett
> Owen Sound, Ontario
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christian Anger" <christian.anger at aon.at>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:25 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Another new LL6 Fall
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> great news !
> I want to inform you about a brandnew meteorite fall
> that fell 3 weeks ago in Algeria near the Tunisian border.
> A real shower, more than 200 stones have been collected so far.
> The biggest stone weighing 16 kg.
> It is already classified as LL6, brecciated, S3, W0
>
> >olivine Fa31.1, CaO<0.09, predominantly <0.05; low Ca-pyroxene Fs27.1
> >PMD=0.02; abundant coarse-grained plagioclase, mainly An84Or5, ranges
from
> >An61Or25 to An86Or3; coarse-grained diopside and troilite are abundant;
> >pentlandite is a minor phase; the meteorite is brecciated, with thick
black
> >shock veins present; shock stage S3, weathering grade W0
>
> Yeah, another LL6 fall from Northwest-Africa
> What a coincidence.
>
> greetings from Austria
>
> Christian
>
>
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>
> Christian Anger
> Korngasse 6
> 2405 Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
> AUSTRIA
>
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