[meteorite-list] M 009

[Michael Farmer]

If it was in Ron Hartman's collection, perhaps it came from Michael Cottingham. 

Michael Farmer

> On Nov 27, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> 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:
> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Could the "M" stand for one of these persons?
>> 
>> Mike Martinez
>> Mike Miller
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Bernd
>> 
>> 
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