[meteorite-list] Could we get back to the science of meteorites, please ?

[Thunder Stone]

List:

Last year I purchased a meteorite at a rock and mineral show a because it just looked a little different from most chondrites I have seen.  The seller did not know where it was found so I got the provisional name NOVA 010.  The exterior almost looked like an Iron or a Stony-Iron and it contained a lot of metal.  The metal also looked a little different - more globular then most H-chondrites I've seen.  I thought it might be a CH or an EH chondrite.  Well I got it classified and it turned out to be a "reduced H4" with numbers very similar to the "Burnwell" fall in KY., although it's even more reduced.

NOVA 010

W2 S3, olivine Fa 14.4 ±0.5 (n=7); low-Ca pyroxene Fs13.7 ±0.6, Wo0.6 ±0.3 (n=11)


Now here's Burnwell

W0(fall) S3, olivine Fa 15.8 ±0.2 (n=79); low-Ca pyroxene Fs13.4 ±0.7, Wo0.7 ±0.2 (n=98)

So you never know what you have until it gets classified.

Greg S.

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> From: joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com
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> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:09:52 -0400
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Could we get back to the science of meteorites, please ?
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> I have an idea, instead of whining like a little school-girl about not being
> able to control the speech of others, why not just start an awesome
> meteorite related thread that is so interesting it totally dominates the
> conversation? Ever think of that? Or is it just more fun to whine? ;) :@
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> Seriously, lighten up,
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> Phil Whitmer
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