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

Explanation:

This "cold find" was made on 2011 March 31st (just a couple weeks ago), so there is very little that can be said about this 82.5 gram Ordinary Chondrite, other than it has had its fusion-crust sand-blasted away. My guess is that this is probably an equilibrated L-chondrite that has been sitting out in the open desert for many years.

I like this image because it shows how hard it is (at times) to spot these weathered chondritic meteorites, even when they are lying-out in the open on a dry lakebed surface. They tend to accumulate onto stranding-surfaces along with other similar-sized-masses (pebble gravel). Then after weathering and losing their fusion-crust, they tend to look like the other (igneous) rocks in the vicinity.

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

For Reference:

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