[meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite

[Pete Shugar]

I knew I'd seen that somewhere!!!
I pulled out my cat's whisker detector and sure enough
that's just what it looked like.
Pete, IMCA 1773, KL7GNW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Del Waterbury" <paseclipse at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "David & Kitt Deyarmin" 
<bobadebt at ec.rr.com>; <meteoritemall at yahoo.com>; "Mr EMan" 
<mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite


> 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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