[meteorite-list] Strange Rock Reports

[ensoramanda at ntlworld.com]

Hi,

The clue is in the file name...La Mancha!...and in the glassy crust...most eucrites show a very fluid glassy crust, very distinctive, such as Millbillillie and Camel Donga. If you find stones with such a crust then even more exciting...I think very unlikely to stick to your magnet at all though, so even more difficult to initially be certain they are meteorites. 

I dont think there is ever a way to describe what a fresh or weathered meteorite will look like exactly because of the variety and weathering conditions....just look at lots and keep an open mind.


Graham UK

---- Greg Stanley <stanleygregr at hotmail.com> wrote: 

> 

> I think it was found by Mike, but I believe it is an eucrite (high Ca) he found in Spain??? not sure, but I think in 2008?

> 

> Talk about fresh... someone must have caught it with a baseball glove.

> It sure is a beauty!!

> 

> Greg S.

> 

> ----------------------------------------

> > From: carloselguapo1 at hotmail.com

> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:06:50 -0700

> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Strange Rock Reports

> >

> >

> >

> > This looks similar to the one Mike Farmer found in Arizona a month or so ago. It has a glassy look to it.

> >

> > Carl

> >

> >

> >

> >>>THIS is a meteorite that just fell only days

> > before some sharp-eyed fellow picked it up:

> > http://meteoriteguy.com/lamanchaspainfall/lamancha555a.JPG<<

> > I sure hope this is some kind of joke, or I'm gonna be scarred for life.

> > The black fusion crust doesn't look like anything I thought it would look.

> > GeoZay

> >

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