IMAGE GALLERY FOR FINDS MADE BY THE
METEORITE RECOVERY FOUNDATION
- From the "2nd" Study Area -
- Featuring "Stone No. 2" -
- By Finder: Rob Matson -
(L4 S2 W2 Fa 19.0 +/-0.3% - classification by UCLA)
(submitted to the Nomenclature Committee for approval)

- - - FACT SHEET for the this new CALIFORNIA METEORITE - - -

- - - The descriptions accompanying these images are based upon - - -
- - - VERY PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS - - -
- - - by the author of this web page only - - -
- - - and DOES NOT reflect the characterization in progress at UCLA - - -


The exterior of this chondritic stone is a relatively fresh fusion crust. . . This suggests that it came from a relatively recent fall... Along with carbon-14 age dating of the interior of this stone, a minimum terrestrial age date might be able to be determined from the degree of development of clay deposition along fine cracks within this stone.


Click on image at left for an image of the find "in-situ" and before saw cutting. Click on your web browser's "BACK" button in order to return here.
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Click on "HERE" at left for an image of the find "in-situ". Click on your web browser's "BACK" button in order to return here.
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Click on "HERE" at left for an image of the find "in-situ". Click on your web browser's "BACK" button in order to return here.
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Click on "HERE" at left for an image of the find "in-situ". Click on your web browser's "BACK" button in order to return here.
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Rob Matson would like to point out that, "Several large chondrules [are] visible in this closeup. Notice the large dark one just right of the fusion crust at center."
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"Rob tilting the meteorite up to show the lakebed/meteorite contact points."
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"The proud father and his first find."
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Click on "HERE" at left for an image of the find "in-situ" AND before being "chipped" for thin-sectioning and analysis. Image description: "A partially buried, fusion-crusted "chip" of SA2-002, located near [~4 meters] the main find."
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Image description: "Zoom-in of the chip, showing a lip at the bottom of the picture (dashing hopes that this was a larger, mostly-buried individual!)" Later, we were able to reposition the chip onto the surface of the larger mass from where it had been chipped off. This is known as "physical pairing".
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There is evidence on the underside of this chip that separation from the main mass occurred some time after the fall. There is other circumstantial evidence that suggests that the of separation of the chip from the main mass was not due to natural processes, but by a mechanical action, possibly by being "run over" by the tire of a motor vehicle. Therefore, the distance of separation of the chip from the main mass should not be included in any calculation for determining natural transport distances of [chondritic] stones on dry lakes.

        Any comments would be appreciated.
Robert Verish

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