DarkSilicate Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I would guess that there are a lot of you extremely successful meteorite hunters are out swinging a detector or hunting with a magnet on some lonely dry lake bed, during the cooler weather of course. Who's finding what? Got any pictures? Although not a recent find, I've got one lonely possible. When I first found it several years ago, I thought it to be a piece of really old iron from farm equipment and so I chucked it in the box. I recently was going thru some of that stuff and came upon this piece. I decided to put it under the low-power scope and have another look at it up close. When doing so, I suddenly realized it was not a piece of old relic iron but actually is stone with a lot of iron in the mix. So I have studied it and it has me wondering. If it should happen to be a chondrite, my guess is that it is high iron but nickel poor. The matrix is dark grey. weighs 36 .7g and is 1" x 1" x 1-1/2" approx. It's interesting but will probably just go back in the box. Okay, I showed ya mine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_day Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Is it purple or is that just the lighting? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSilicate Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) It does have a red rouge tint on some of it but the purple is the the result of lighting. Here is another picture of it: Edited June 16, 2021 by DarkSilicate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 If you could provide better pictures, that would help. You say the matrix is dark gray yet the pictures belie that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regmaglitch Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Photos taken in sunlight tend to show more detail, and also illuminate true color and texture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regmaglitch Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 19 minutes ago, Regmaglitch said: Photos taken in sunlight tend to show more detail, and also illuminate true color and texture. See the difference in these recently found specimens. Same stones in sunlight versus artificial light. (Note: stones are uncleaned) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSilicate Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 It was hot as heck out there but I braved the heat and took a couple pictures of the rock in natural sunlight. : ). Sorry if they are a little blurry. The third pic shows a place that I exposed the inside. Hope that spot shows well enough. The stone actually is made up of a couple lithologies. So maybe somewhat of a breccia. It's much more interesting under the low-power scope. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSilicate Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Regmaglitch, Very nice collection. Are they all Holbrook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regmaglitch Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Yes, thanks. From a recent trip there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSilicate Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 I was just looking thru a slide presentation on the ASU News page, Best of the Vault, posted by Laurence Garvie (or a student). One of the featured meteorites on there is Thika and L6 Chondrite. It has a striking resemblance to my little unknown stone that I posted the pictures of in this thread. If someone knows how to contact Mr. Garvie, In that slide presentation, he has a couple pictures and the descriptions for them switched. Link: https://news.asu.edu/content/best-vault-unique-treasures-asus-meteorite-collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billpeters Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Lawrence Garvie can be contacted at lgarvie@asu.edu . He is usually quite busy and rarely answers his phone. So, keep emails to pertinent topics with strong candidates. billpeters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkSilicate Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Thanks Bill. I sent a brief email to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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