[meteorite-list] EL6/7 meteorite loaded on eBay for one cent.4.779 kilogr...

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Hi all,  This is Tom Phillips (New to the list).  I'm the guy  that takes the 
meteorite micrographs for a hobby.  I have nearly 100  kilo of this 
EL3/EL6/7/Aubrite and I couldn't help notice the controversy.   It's hard to change 
quick when other pairings are still being called something  else.
 
I have sent samples to Ted Bunch (not self paired) of both color types  and 
my understanding, at the moment is, all the material, brown and blue/gray is  
from the same find.  The different color types have just undergone  differences 
in terrestrialization.
 
Just as a note: random lots of this material came to me in an approximate  
90% brown, 10% blue/gray.  This ratio may hold true but I have been told  that 
the early shipments were mostly brown because (at first) it was  collected on 
the surface (Mostly!).  Now that it is being dug up, the % of  blue/gray 
collected, MAY go up.
 
I'm in no was an expert, this is just my current understanding.
 
Can I post micrographs to the list?    Tom
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