[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

[Adam Hupe]

An obvious fake!

The last I checked Kapoeta was a Howardite, not an Ordinary Chondrite. 
The crust and matrix are wrong. The presence of numerous chondrules 
excludes it. Oxidation halos around metal and the lack of basalt clasts 
indicate, even to a complete novice, that this specimen is bogus.  The 
real Kapoeta was recovered within minutes of hitting the ground and real 
examples are near pristine.

Here is the Meteoritcal Bulletin entry for Kapoeta:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Kapoeta&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=12251


Remember, that one bad specimen can bring an entire collection into 
question.  It would interesting to see the complete chain of custody on 
this piece.

Adam


On 1/30/2018 12:00 AM, Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list wrote:
> Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Kapoeta
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> Contributed by: Roving Reporter
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> http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=01/30/2018
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