[meteorite-list] old woman meteorite

[Jeff Kuyken]

That's right. Think of the irons found in the dry Aussie deserts. We are all
familiar with the nice Mundrabilla, Boxhole and Henbury indivuals but they
are all found as shale too. You just rarely ever see it for sale. Any of
these specimens sitting in one spot can weather very differnetly from
another relatively close by. It just depends on the specimens exact
location. Here's an example of Boxhole shale:

http://www.meteorites.com.au/sale/Boxhole221.2g.jpg

Cheers,

Jeff


----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Hupe
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] old woman meteorite


Somebody asked the following question off-list. I will attempt to answer it:

Question:
I am just  wondering how a totally Iron body can be converted to shale just
two Kilometers  from the original find.  No offense, but isn't shale pretty
much  silicon?

Waiting to be set straight.

Answer:
It is converted to iron shale when it becomes weathered or terrestrialized
(oxidized). This is a well-known
occurrence as far as iron meteorites go. Canyon Diablo can be found as both
iron shale and in elemental iron form depending on the degree of weathering.

Kind Regards,

Adam



----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] old woman meteorite


> Dear List,
>
> I have a confirmed piece of the Old Woman meteorite. It was found within 2
> kilometers of the original Old Woman at a lower elevation prone to
moisture.
> Even though my piece has been converted to mainly shale with only a few
> specks of elemental iron showing, Dr. Ted Bunch was able to chemically
match
> the two and there are not too many Coarse Octahedrites with a massive 1
> centimeter bandwidth running around. Here are some links if you want to
> check it out. I have it in my safe deposit box so I cannot check the
weight
> after a piece was submitted for study. I believe it still weighs about 130
> grams or so.
>
> Here are the links:
> http://themeteoritesite.com/OldWoman.jpg
> http://themeteoritesite.com/OldWoman-a.jpg
> http://themeteoritesite.com/OldWoman.-b.jpg
>
>
> Take Care,
>
> Adam
>
>
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> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:56 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] old woman meteorite
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> > Hi list.I am just wondering if any of the old woman meteorite has ever
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