Diablo Pass V. 2.0

[Lunk]

Back in 2004 I stumbled upon a chondrite sitting on the desert pavement just west of Quartzsite, Arizona. I picked up 16 fragments within an area of 1 square meter. The meteorite was classified as the Diablo Pass L6 ordinary chondrite; details here:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Diablo+Pass&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal table&code=35516

Diablo Pass main mass:

Fast forward to today: I was passing through the area and decided to revisit the site. Someone had toppled the small stone monument I had erected to mark the find location, presumably to look for more pieces of the meteorite. Apparently they missed a few; after removing the monument stones, I proceeded to detect 10 small fragments from the area, many of which display remnant fusion crust. Their combined mass is just over 6 grams.

[fredmason]

maybe you could put that puzzle back together ...cool find!

fred

[DolanDave]

Very nice Lunk.....and congrats on a nice find, and that iron that was found out near Quartzite....

  How did the small pieces sound on your detector?

Dave.

[Lunk]

24 minutes ago, DolanDave said:

  How did the small pieces sound on your detector?

They sounded loud and clear Dave, there was no missing 'em!

[Randy Lunn]

Hi Lunk,
I am still learning a lot as I add to my meteorite collection. You have really tuned your eyes (and ears) to see these highly weathered L6 meteorites. Thanks for setting a high standard for the rest of us.

Randy

L6 - "type 6: Designates chondrites that have been metamorphosed under conditions sufficient to homogenize all mineral compositions, convert all low-Ca pyroxene to orthopyroxene, coarsen secondary phases such as feldspar to sizes ≥50 µm, and obliterate many chondrule outlines; no melting has occurred."

[Lunk]

Thanks Randy,

The real kudos have to go to the detector I was using, as I have revisited the site with several models over the years and only ever found one more fragment...but the Gold Monster nailed these without hesitation.

[Steve Herschbach]

I was curious how the Gold Monster might work on meteorites. Good job!

[Lunk]

Thanks Steve,

I did make a prediction about it back in February:

And the Yucca DCA (Franconia strewn field) was one of the first places I made a bee line to when I was able to run with the pre release dealer demo unit back in March, which I touched on in the post I made after the GM 1000's official release:

Oh what fun!