[meteorite-list] Moss classification speculation

[Jeff Kuyken]

"One stone chopped off two branches from a tree and remained entire, the
other one hit on metal and only a minor part was chipped off and finally one
even penetrated a roof and survived it."

Yep... that they did but I can only go by the piece I've got and what others
have said. Don't forget the other stone that hit the concrete and smashed. I
think that's where my piece came from? Yes... it is very different to the
CI's but I still don't think it will weather well. Saratov, Bjurböle and the
Baszkówka meteorite you mentioned are all falls. There's definitely a
pattern there.

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Altmann
To: 'Jeff Kuyken' ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:37 AM
Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] Moss classification speculation


Well, Jeff I don't think, that Moss is very friable,
Maybe crumbly on fragmented sides leaving some dust, as reported.
Because think! One stone chopped off two branches from a tree and remained
entire, the other one hit on metal and only a minor part was chipped off and
finally one even penetrated a roof and survived it.

So there is a difference to the CIs or Tagish Lake.
Hehe, remember the huge ice cubes cut out of the lake with the dust and
crumbs spread inside.

But with the CIs I would think, a few rains, some storms and it will be
gone...

Buckleboo!
Martin

Hehe, Moss will be the missing link between CO and CH :-)
or just a blackened H4 :-( ???

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Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Jeff
Kuyken
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. August 2006 16:02
An: Martin Altmann; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; 'Meteoriteshow'
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Moss classification speculation

Hi Martin,

You raise an interesting point which I was thinking of the other day after
something Mike wrote:

"It is unlike any meteorite I have seen..."

I'd say Mike's seen a few meteorites over the years! ;-) So maybe there
isn't another like it? It made me think of the CI chondrites too Martin. Not
because I think that's what it is, but rather what they all have in common.
All 5 of them are FALLS. How long do you think a meteorite like Ivuna or
Orgueil would last in a wet environment? I'm guessing not long too! I ask
the same of Moss. How long do you think a fine-grained, friable meteorite
with a considerable amount of metallic iron would last in a similar
circumstance? It could come back a "relatively" common class but maybe we
haven't seen any/many like Moss because they weather at a faster rate?? If
the classifying scientists have been reading the Moss posts, they must be
chuckling away at all the guesses so far! ;-)

Cheers,

Jeff