Lunk Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 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. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 maybe you could put that puzzle back together ...cool find! fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolanDave Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted April 2, 2017 Author Share Posted April 2, 2017 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lunn Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 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." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I was curious how the Gold Monster might work on meteorites. Good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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