[meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite

[Del Waterbury]

If I was going to take a guess of what was in that picture I would say it looks like Galena. Not sure if this one has been suggested yet, but that what it looks like to me.

Del


--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Mr EMan <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mr EMan <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, "David & Kitt Deyarmin" <bobadebt at ec.rr.com>, meteoritemall at yahoo.com
> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 4:01 AM
> Before anyone falls on their sword over this specimen, note
> the gas channel/tube in the middle-- scraggy as it is, even
> Na tan isn't worm eaten!
> 
> It was my observation that, while many folks submitted lots
> of candidates which I enjoyed looking over, there were many
> subtle distinctions and outright differences that
> didn't match. The specimen "resembled" most
> of them but on closer viewing didn't "match"
> any of them. The most common feature was metallic luster
> but twasn't the same metallic luster on any of the
> photos.
> 
> Not trying to be pedantic but many times it is better to
> look for the differences in all the features(e.g. fracture,
> texture, crystal faces, etc.) It the specimens match there
> will be none.
> 
> I don't have a photo of metallic silicon handy but it
> too has subtle surface differences: it has a convex,
> undulating, fracture vs the flat banded fractures this
> specimen shows.  
> 
> Up to this point, the gas channel most certainly points to
> a smelting product(aka slag or bad run) and, I would be
> comfortable saying that I know what it is not.  The great
> part about all the photo sharing is we now have many more
> materials to compare when we are trying to identify a given
> specimen. Plus I wouldn't have totally blown that
> mesosiderite photo a few months back had I looked closer.
> 
> Thanks Bunches,
> Elton
> 
> Elton
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Ruben Garcia
> <meteoritemall at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > What bad news? You didn't think it looked like
> this
> > nantan meteorite?
> http://www.mr-meteorite.com/nantan.htm
> > To me this is the only picture that looked like
> yours...
> > what did I miss?
> 
> > --- On Thu, 6/26/08, David & Kitt Deyarmin
> > <bobadebt at ec.rr.com> wrote: 
> > > I will relay the bad news to my friend
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