by Robert Verish

Willcox Playa 005 - Image Gallery

Images of the Willcox Playa 005 meteorite - as found "in-situ" and in the lab

Home | Update | Images | Discussion | Links | Email Willcox Playa, Arizona - Trip date: 2004 December 10 M-Recovery Field Report - field investigation - Update: 3rd Trip - 1st Day There were two additional finds made besides this one (pictured above) - On this trip evidence was obtained that there is an H5-6 (and an L6) strewnfield on or near this dry lake... ...more info' to come later. Willcox Playa 005 - this meteorite is now CLASSIFIED: H5, S3, W3 (Fa 18.0+/-0.2%, Fs 15.8%, Wo 1.0%) Posted 2005/March/01 | by Robert Verish The find locality - | - typical topography for this Arizona dry lake. The surface of the dry lake at the find locality - | - this is a view from the cab of my truck, and this is how it looked when we first drove up beside the "rock". The surface of the dry lake at the find locality - | - this is how the find looked after getting out of the cab of my truck. More text to go in here... Another view of the rock from the find site - | - Close-up of the above images. A "side view" - | - A close-up of the above image. The new "Willcox Playa 005" find - | - represents a new chondritic stone meteorite find for Arizona. The "bottom" side - | - The lakebed sediment still clings to the bottom side of this find after it has been turned over. The "bottom" side - | - A side view of the above image. James LaBarbera inspects the find - | - He has the honor of being the first person to hold this piece of asteroidal debris. Another hand-held view of the find - | - Close-up of the above images.   Another hand-held view of the find - | - Another outdoor image, but this was taken several days later, after the specimen was cleaned. Willcox Playa 005 - | - An indoor image taken just prior to the cutting-off of the type specimen.

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