[meteorite-list] M 009

[Robert Verish]

Hi Bernd and All,
Thanks for the many leads and suggestions that you have given me, Bernd, but 
I'm starting to accept the possibility that the "M" (with a line through it) 
signifies that it is a "Meteor-wrong".  :-( 
Which would explain why it was in the Ron Hartman Collection without a label.  

The negative evidence against that supposition is that M001. thru M008. are nowhere to be found.  
But this "M009." may have been the best of the lot; a real "keeper".   The kind that you save for those games of one-up-man-ship when the hunters sit around the campfire and talk about the heartbreakers that didn't pan-out.  "You think that ones purrty, take a gander at this beauty, boys!" 

If I'm at a dead-end on this one, I guess I'll have to make a thin-section to confirm ID.  
But  then again, if I convince myself that this is just a limy siltstone with a small patch of psilomelane coating the exterior, 
a cheaper/quicker method of IDing would be to take a small chip and dissolve the carbonate matrix in acid, then examine 
whatever silicate grains remain under a microscope.  I expect I'll see quartz.  :-( 
In any case, I'll report back the results to satisfy anyone's remaining curiosity.  
And yes, of course, I will cancel my "M009. auction" :  http://tinyurl.com/pclbfg2

Again, thanks to everyone for their ID help with the label, and for those in the US 
Happy Thanksgiving,
Bob V.
 


On Thursday, November 27, 2014 3:17 AM, Bernd V. Pauli via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:


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>Could the "M" stand for one of these persons?
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>Mike Martinez
>Mike Miller
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>Cheers,
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>Bernd
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