[meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

[stan .]

>Tom wrote:

>

>  >Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market?

>

>Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by

>the Nomenclature Committee only this past October, I would imagine there

>are likely other relict meteorites in our collections which have not

>been so designated. The definition requires that more than 95% of a

>meteorite has been replaced by secondary phases since its fall. The

>meteorite Mills comes to mind as a possibility, but maybe its not quite

>there yet.


what about lake murray? wasnt that dug out from solid limestone 100ft deep 
or so?

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