John B. Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Hi All This is a small stone I found years ago near Meadview. It was aged at +or - 1000 years differentiating it from gold basin. It an L5 oriented button. Bob Verish took these pix on my old kitchen table. If you look closly you can see small faint flow lines on the convex side and lots of bubbleing on it back side. It wa around 20 grams and is on permanant display at the Flandrau Planetariums Mineral Museum on campus at the U of A . Heres some links I hope. http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/azmets/kingtut013.jpg http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/azmets/kingtut014.jpg http://www.geocities.com/bolidechaser/azmets/kingtut015.jpg Happy Huntin John B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 That is really cool, Mr B. The back side with holes where the ablated matter "pooled" is extremely interesting as we are constantly told that meteorites almost never have holes in them....very neat! Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meteorite huntress Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 Yes, that is so true Fred. I found a piece last year and it looked like a piece of basalt. Lucky for chondrules being exposed. So always take it home! Happy hunting! Moni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 hay jhon your goign to have to invite me over one of this nights to see your rocks ;p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B. Posted April 24, 2008 Author Share Posted April 24, 2008 Hi Nate and All Your welcome to come over Nate ,but don't expect much. All of my real interesting finds are at the Flandrau or some other museum. I have only a small collection of door stops and dusty rocks in a display cabinet, several bags and few boxes waiting for classification and a new home, and a couple hundred pounds of gold basin in a couple file cabinet drawers. I've got a king size pile of leaverites pool side you can spend a day lookin through !! If you would have been at the DU meeting the other night you would have seen a bag full of new finds, some are just stunning pristine looking stones. I do have a nice saw if you wish to wack some of your finds ?? Happy Huntin John B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 G'Day John B That's one crazy looking met! Never seen anything like that. But then again, I've baked a few items in the oven that have turned out like that. Cheers Johnno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regmaglitch Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Yo John B., I'm with Johnno, it looks like "Ellie-May" baked brownies! I'd venture to hazard a guess of about 9.5 on the Funk Factor. Awesome! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B. Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 Hi Ben and Johnno I remember when I found it it looked like someone had tried to cook black sands in a spoon :shrug: . I really didn't think it was a meteorite and was trying to file the edge when Dr Kring (who was camping with us) took it away from me :Huh_anim]: . After seeing the interior after Dr Kring cut it ,Jim and I were in awe !! You have to keep in mind we were pretty green in those days :angry-smiley-010: ?? It just ain't big enough :PO2: ?? Happy Huntin John B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleface Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Here is some interesting reading on the King Tut Meteorite. Quite fascinating....... http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorit...ril/044203.html Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 G'Day Jim Thanks for that link Cheers Johnno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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