[meteorite-list] New Moroccan Fall

[John.L.Cabassi]

G'Day List
I noticed there's been alot of information posted in regards to the recent 
fall in Morocco, Tishka. I will call it that for the time being, knowing 
quite well it could change and there's alot of alternatives out there.

Now I might be blowing a little bit of smoke here, so please don't flame me 
too hard.  But I received a 4.5 gram fragment  of Tishka and naturally my 
first move is I grab my loop and do a quick scan. I don't have the ability 
to do scientific analysis, but from doing a preliminary check it was like 
deja-vu. So yes, back to the boxes of my collection and sure enough I found 
a 3 gram piece of Carancas. I was amazed at the similarities. Now don't get 
me wrong here, this is just a visual inspection.  The Carancas which had a 
nice area of slickenslide which has been referred to, also appears to be 
identical on Tishka.  And then you have other characteristics and I can list 
a few more, but I don't possess the scientific knowledge that the members of 
the list have.

But I just found it uncanny that I'm holding Carancas in one hand and Tishka 
in the other and I just could not tell them apart.   Am I just assuming that 
we have something similar or just grabbing at straws?

I would like hear your input . As I said earlier, I might just be blowing 
smoke, but has anyone else noticed the similarities?

Cheers
John