[meteorite-list] Hidden Treasure

[j.divelbiss at att.net]

looks like the LL4 named NWA 806

JD


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> 
> 
> Good Morning List, Dean, 
> 
> A few monthes ago my brother and I made the short drive to Dean Besseys 
> 'cross the river, where we spent all our pennies on different treasures 
> of the world, stockpiled in Deans humble apartment. It was great, lots 
> of meteorites, fossils, old coins, a lap machine for polishing, we were 
> definately like two kids in a candy store! We bought the lap machine as 
> well as some examples of the items mentioned above. After haveing the 
> lap machine at home for a while I was polishing some slices when one of 
> them got away and was lodged under the lap wheel where I could not 
> reach it. I had to tip it on its side to get the slice to fall out, and 
> when I did this there was a little surprise. A 3.72 gram end cut of an 
> unidentified meteorite was hiding under the lap wheel! Obviously a left 
> over remnant from another persons day of meteorite labors. Was it 
> Deans? Or did he leave it there for me as a freebie to be found at a 
> later date just because he's a nice guy? Or did it belong to the guy 
> that he bought the machine from? What kind of meteorite is it? Am I the 
> rightful owner of this small treasure? Or do I need to do the right 
> thing and see if Dean wants it back? 
> Of course he can have it back if he wants,(small polishing fee of 
> $45.00 of course) but is this a good case for "Finders keepers?!" Would 
> it be different if the slice was lunar vs. an OC? I'm offering it back 
> to him of course, but what would you do? What if you found a slice of 
> an anomolous martian hiding in there? Just a friendly survey! 
> 
> I haven't told Dean, I thought I would have some fun with it first! 
> 
> I need some help identifying it. It's a really cool stone, not quite 
> like any I'm familiar with. There is hardly any attraction to a magnet, 
> what little metal there is, is in round beads. There are some very well 
> defined chondrules and some blown out ones, and there is a really odd 
> inclusion that I would like some opinions on. It's a sort of yellow 
> gold color with black stripes, you'll know which one when you see it. 
> 
> http://community.webshots.com/album/354985092HCtnUp 
> 
> Also, 
> I was asked to write a Franconia field report for the IMCA website. I 
> want to thank Ken Newton for putting it together so well, excellent job 
> Ken! 
> 
> It can be viewed here; 
> 
> http://imca.repetti.net/metinfo/fieldreports.html 
> 
> Rock On! 
> Larry 
> 
> 
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