Nevada Meteorite Picture of the Month
(for the Month of April 2012)

Explanation:

This find was made on 2011 December 27th (just a little over 3 months ago), so there is very little that can be said about this 17.8 gram Ordinary Chondrite. This was my second find made on that day. It is my contention that this fragment is probably an unequilibrated L-chondrite, and that it is NOT physically-paired to any of the other L5 fragments previously discovered by Nola Lightheart and John Harrison at this locality. This specimen is atypical from the other fragments found at this locality (up to this point), because it has a different shape/color/size/ and internal texture compared to those previous finds. By "internal texture" I mean, that on broken surfaces that are exposed to terrestrial weathering, the chondrules stand-out in high relief from the matrix, because the groundmass appears to weather more quickly. This would not be possible if the chondrules and groundmass were equilibrated.

Obviously, there will be much more written about these fragments in the future, but in the meanwhile, this locality will continue to undergo an intensive and extensive search.

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