[meteorite-list] West, freaky rock

[al mitterling]

Hi Steve #1 and all,

Those sure are beauties with breccia. Congrats on your multipal finds and 
hope you do better today hunting!!

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites

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Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] West, freaky rock


> Hey All,
>
> It was a rewarding day outside  of West today.
>
> We got out of the field to the steak house then back to  the hotel room 
> and
> broke out the rock saw.  I cut one of the 97 stones our  team has found so 
> far,
> a 5.3g part stone, and folks, this is a freaky looking  rock inside.
>
> Portales Valley was a ordinary H6 and this may be an  ordinary L6... but 
> it
> is far from ordinary.
>
> It looks like a Howardite  inside.  Of course, Howardites don't have free
> Copper in them.
>
> Here is a photo:
> http://s361.photobucket.com/albums/oo52/stevearnoldpmh/?action=view&current=CIMG1414.jpg
>
> I am sorry the photo is not great, but considering the bathroom photo 
> studio
> has poor lighting, it was as good as I could get in short order.  I  am 
> sure
> many other people will be cutting theirs, so I am sure more good photos 
> will
> follow soon.
>
> Steve Arnold #1