[meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite

[Pete Shugar]

I knew I'd seen that somewhere!!!
I pulled out my cat's whisker detector and sure enough
that's just what it looked like.
Pete, IMCA 1773, KL7GNW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Del Waterbury" <paseclipse at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; "David & Kitt Deyarmin" 
<bobadebt at ec.rr.com>; <meteoritemall at yahoo.com>; "Mr EMan" 
<mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite



> If I was going to take a guess of what was in that picture I would say it 

> looks like Galena. Not sure if this one has been suggested yet, but that 

> what it looks like to me.

>

> Del

>

>

> --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Mr EMan <mstreman53 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>> From: Mr EMan <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>

>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is this a meteorite

>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, "David & Kitt Deyarmin" 

>> <bobadebt at ec.rr.com>, meteoritemall at yahoo.com

>> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 4:01 AM

>> Before anyone falls on their sword over this specimen, note

>> the gas channel/tube in the middle-- scraggy as it is, even

>> Na tan isn't worm eaten!

>>

>> It was my observation that, while many folks submitted lots

>> of candidates which I enjoyed looking over, there were many

>> subtle distinctions and outright differences that

>> didn't match. The specimen "resembled" most

>> of them but on closer viewing didn't "match"

>> any of them. The most common feature was metallic luster

>> but twasn't the same metallic luster on any of the

>> photos.

>>

>> Not trying to be pedantic but many times it is better to

>> look for the differences in all the features(e.g. fracture,

>> texture, crystal faces, etc.) It the specimens match there

>> will be none.

>>

>> I don't have a photo of metallic silicon handy but it

>> too has subtle surface differences: it has a convex,

>> undulating, fracture vs the flat banded fractures this

>> specimen shows.

>>

>> Up to this point, the gas channel most certainly points to

>> a smelting product(aka slag or bad run) and, I would be

>> comfortable saying that I know what it is not.  The great

>> part about all the photo sharing is we now have many more

>> materials to compare when we are trying to identify a given

>> specimen. Plus I wouldn't have totally blown that

>> mesosiderite photo a few months back had I looked closer.

>>

>> Thanks Bunches,

>> Elton

>>

>> Elton

>>

>>

>> --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Ruben Garcia

>> <meteoritemall at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>

>> > What bad news? You didn't think it looked like

>> this

>> > nantan meteorite?

>> http://www.mr-meteorite.com/nantan.htm

>> > To me this is the only picture that looked like

>> yours...

>> > what did I miss?

>>

>> > --- On Thu, 6/26/08, David & Kitt Deyarmin

>> > <bobadebt at ec.rr.com> wrote:

>> > > I will relay the bad news to my friend

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