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Meteorite collection of Bernd Pauli. Copyright (c) Bernd Pauli.
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.36 and 3.062 grams. LL3.4
TKW 12.1 kg. Fall not observed. A single, oriented, mass in three fragments was found in a wheat field, 1978, Quay County, New Mexico, USA. Not recognized as a meteorite until 1982.
Bernd writes:
The rectangular, thin slice weighs 0.36 gr and has interstitial, black, molten sulfide.
The larger slice weighs 3.062 gr and is loaded with colorful chondrules. There is a large, rhomboidal grayish-blue clast in the 9 o’clock position, and, lower right of center, in the 5 o’clock position, there is a bleached chondrule (a.k.a. bull’s eye chondrule) with an indentation.
Bleached chondrules are evidence for widespread aqueous processes on the parent asteroid of the Ragland chondrite. |
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Phil Morgan
4/26/2020 3:58:02 PM |
Beautiful material. Still remembering flipping the page in Robert Haag's catalog and seeing it for the first time. |
Twink Monrad
4/26/2020 12:11:04 PM |
Yes that is gorgeous, did not know an the history of it until reading the comments. |
AL Mitterling
4/26/2020 10:18:32 AM |
Nice Piece Bernd. Before the NWA specimens, this was one of nicest examples of a chondrule filled matrix you could obtain. Robert Haag's specimen was a beauty. My specimen shows similar features. One of the nicest specimens pre NWA that collectors could study. |
Graham Ensor
4/26/2020 3:52:44 AM |
Beautiful speciment Bernd. |
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