Nevada Meteorite Picture of the Day
(for the Month of September 2010)

Explanation:

The image depicts the exact position where John Wolfe found this fragment on May 29th 2009. John was gold prospecting with a metal-detector when he spotted this fragment. At first, this meteorite did not register on his metal detector. When he adjusted his detector to an "L-chondrite" pre-setting, he finally got a response on the detector. This fragment was found midway between where two prior Majuba finds were made - an L5 and an H4 chondritic stones. How this "Majuba meteorite" came to be at this exact spot, is still a mystery. It is highly unlikely that this is the spot where the meteorite landed when it originally fell. It may have been brought to the surface when a nearby dirt road was graded.

Because the physical properties are so dissimilar, there is little possibility that this fragment could be physically-paired to one of the earlier found masses of the "H4" Majuba 002 & Majuba 003 meteorites! On the other hand, because this meteorite has such a minimal attraction to a strong magnet, it is speculated that this fragment may be paired to Majuba 001, an L5 chondrite.

As this story developes, this Nev Met POD will be revised.

For Reference:

If you have found a new Nevada meteorite and would like to report it 
and get a "provisional" name, or even easier, you have made a find 
from a known, formally named locality and would like to have a 
provisional number issued, 
you can contact the Editor of the Meteoritical Bulletin, Dr. Michael K. Weisberg
for more information.

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