[meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828
    stan . 
    laser_maniac at hotmail.com
       
    Sat Jan  6 16:30:38 EST 2007
    
    
  
>Tom wrote:
>
>  >Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market?
>
>Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by
>the Nomenclature Committee only this past October, I would imagine there
>are likely other relict meteorites in our collections which have not
>been so designated. The definition requires that more than 95% of a
>meteorite has been replaced by secondary phases since its fall. The
>meteorite Mills comes to mind as a possibility, but maybe its not quite
>there yet.
what about lake murray? wasnt that dug out from solid limestone 100ft deep 
or so?
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