Nevada Meteorite Picture of the Month
(for the Month of April 2011)

Explanation:

This "cold find" was made on 2011 April 2nd (just a couple days ago), so there is very little that can be said about this 6.25 gram Ordinary Chondrite, other than it has a relatively fresh fusion-crust. My definition for "relatively fresh" is for a (probable) H-chondrite that has been sitting out in the open desert all winter long.

I like this image because it shows how hard it is (at times) to spot these small, dark fragments of chondritic meteorites, even when they are lying on a dry lakebed surface. They tend to accumulate onto stranding-surfaces along with other similar-sized-masses (pebble gravel). As can be seen in the above image, if the stranding-surface is small, and there are many pebbles, this will effectively hide small stonys.

"Click" on the above image to see another view of the meteorite, after it was "picked-up"!
(-- Note: "Click" HERE to see another "close-up" image.)

For Reference:

The Editor of the Meteoritical Bulletin is, Dr. Michael K. Weisberg.

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