Bbird Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Are there any meteorites that have green crystals? The pic files are too large to post here, how can I reduce a 3MB to <2 MB then I'll post pics. TKS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelancer79d Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 you can read the Photobucket instructions for this forum it should help with photo resizing. as for the green cystals. there is green oviline. refer to this ebay item and see if it matches. http://cgi.ebay.com/Brahin-meteorite-palla...219111010r19774 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbird Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 loading pics to PB right now. I selected a few too many so it will be about 1/2 hr till done, will get back to it within the hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbird Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Here are the pics. I had one so called professional say "if it isn't attracted by a magnet it's not a meteorite. Well that is the most unprofessional thing he could have said. The rarest meteorites don't attract. It does make my Whites XLT go off. My dad said it was such a rare meteorite that many scientists had never seen one like it before. That is why I haven't thrown mine away. Have a 72 lb, a 2lb and several small pieces. All came from my big piece. I found this quote the other day on E-BAY item #200281039107 THIS MOST AMAZING AND ANOMALOUS SPECIMEN OF ALL THE ANGRITES IS SO UNUSUAL LOOKING THAT SEVERAL WORLD RENOWNED MUSEUMS RETURNED THEIR PIECES SENT FOR IDENTIFICATION SAYING TO THE FRUSTRATED FINDER THAT IT WAS NOT A METEORITE AT ALL. AS IT TURNS OUT THIS WONDERFUL METEORITE IS ONE OF THE RAREST TYPES OF METEORITE EVER TO COME TO EARTH FROM SPACE. ESSENTIALLY IT BREAKS ALL OF THE RULES OF WHAT NORMALLY MAKES UP A METEORITE. WITHIN THE MATRIX ARE VUGS (IRREGULAR SHAPED CAVERNS) FILLED WITH BEAUTIFULLY TERMINATED AUGITE CRYSTALS, VESICLES (HOLLOW SPHERES LINED WITH MICRO-THIN GLASS), OLIVENE CLASTS AND LARGE INCLUSIONS OF OBSIDIAN LIKE GLASS. I HAVE MEASURED VESICLES OF UP 2.5 CENTIMETERS IN DIAMETER ON THE BROKEN SURFACES OF SOME OF THE FRAGMENTS my photobucket link http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/binderbird/meteorite/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelancer79d Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I am by far no expert. but to tell you the truth it looks like a terrestral object. you can send a sample to one of the universities to be sure. Look at the MetBull database there should be some good spots near you to detect some Meteorites. http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelancer79d Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 once i got home and looked at the pics on a bigger screen i can tell you that this is not a meteorite for sure i found stuff pretty simliar it is a type of basalt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbird Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelancer79d Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 not a problem. i hope that the link i gave you can help you locate a spot near you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbird Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 I looked at all the basalt pics and discriptions I could find and didn't find any reddish basalt from earth. Then I found there are basalt meteorites. Should I dig it out of the trash just in case or just forget it. Also we have never had volcanos in Kansas. This was found in a Kansas wheat field in dirt essentionally blown in from the dust bowl days. (1930s.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freelancer79d Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I always keep the ones I question. but if it was a meteorite I am sure someone would have called me out as wrong by now. i will send post a pic of a piece similar soon. I am going to a dry lake tomorrow morning so expect a reply tomorrow night at the soonest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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