[meteorite-list] A gem among weathered unclassified orphans?

Phil Morgan roxfromspace at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 16:17:48 EDT 2011


I recently cut a small stone that came in a batch of unclassified NWA
material.  Looks to be an achondrite of some sort and was wondering if
anyone had any ideas of what it might be.  The white pinpoints in the
photo are tiny flecks of iron.  No definitive fusion crust - a small
patch of either wind polish/desert varnish or transparent crust but
the tiny flecks of iron are certainly encouraging.

photo is posted at:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c57/pkmorgan/postingpics/achond2.jpg

I'm the curious sort and any observations are much appreciated.

Thanks,
Phil



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