[meteorite-list] heavily encrusted dark grey interior -largefind?

[John.L.Cabassi]

G'Day Tom
Thanks for your reply.  I will personally accept "weird" as an official 
scientific term.  I tend to use it alot. And I agree on your very 
descriptive term of encrusted in jewels.

Your images are more than fantastic.  Keep up the great work. I can't get 
enough of it!

Cheers
John

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Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 7:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] heavily encrusted dark grey 
interior -largefind?



> Hi John,  I agree with you.  It looks  like a meteorite.

>

> Certain meteorites have "weird" (Is that the official  scientific term?)

> adhesion properties.  I have seen some scoured by the  desert sand and 

> other who

> seem to grab every piece of sand/rock and make it  stick.  It must have

> something to do with the desert varnish that is  growing around the native 

> material

> or perhaps simple mineral migration due to  weathering.

>

> I have a 7.3 Kg NWA that looks like it is completely  encrusted in jewels.

> Fine sand bits all over!  It is beautiful and  unlike ant other I have 

> seen.

> It has a brown interior so not a match to  yours.

>

> I am embedding images.  (I am sending this email to the list  without

> pictures so if any one else wants to see the photos, just email  me).

>

> Tom Phillips

>

>

> In a message dated 12/18/2008 7:59:14 P.M.  Mountain Standard Time,

> John at Cabassi.net writes:

> G'Day Phil W.

> I sincerely  doubt that what Phil has is slag, that's just my opinion. I 

> also

> have a  large specimen of 1514 grams and it really is unique. What he has

> described  is very similar to what I have and I have forward him pictures 

> and

> he has  replied that what he has and I have are very similar.  So we'll 

> see

> what we come up with.

>

> Thanks for your input, it's really  appreciated.

>

> Cheers

> John

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>

> To:  <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008  11:36 AM

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] heavily encrusted dark grey interior -

> largefind?

>

>

>> Hi Phil,

>> My first reaction is:  some  kind of slag?  It's amazing the different

>> kinds of slag people  bring into the museum as possible meteorites.

>>

>> Phil  Whitmer

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