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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Another Meteorite.... Oct 9^th, 2011 at 9:25am	Print Post
	This meteorite is from north west Africa and weights 470 grams. The cube is .5 centimeters.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Another Meteorite.... Reply #1 - Oct 10^th, 2011 at 8:08am	Print Post
	*This Topic was moved here from Interesting, unusual, extraordinary specimens* [move by] Scott LaBorde.**

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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Another Meteorite.... Reply #2 - Oct 10^th, 2011 at 12:42pm	Print Post
	Scott thanks for setting up a meteorite section.


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Another Meteorite.... Reply #3 - Oct 11^th, 2011 at 8:00am	Print Post
	No problem. They are unique and extraordinary enough to deserve their own category.

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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: Another Meteorite....Howardite Reply #4 - Oct 11^th, 2011 at 12:35pm	Print Post
	One of my favorite type of meteorites.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Another Meteorite.... Reply #5 - Oct 11^th, 2011 at 1:28pm	Print Post
	Can you gives us some information on this "type" of meteorite, location, etc, and especially why it is one of your favorite types.� Thanks John.

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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Howardites..... Reply #6 - Oct 11^th, 2011 at 4:46pm	Print Post
	Howardites are suspected to come from the asteroid, Vesta,. We currently have probes in orbit near Vesta. Analysis of reflected light from Vesta match the composition similar to a eucrite-diogenite mixture like that of Howardites. Howardites are achondrites and are part of one of the rarer types in the total number of meteorites that have been found. Most folks think of an iron mass when they hear the word meteorite. But most meteorites are stone meteorites. I just enjoy having some of the rarer types of meteorites in my collection. Have included another Howardite for study.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Another Meteorite.... Reply #7 - Oct 12^th, 2011 at 9:35am	Print Post
	Great picture. It is difficult to fathom just how rare these things are. I'm fascinated by their mystery and their journey through space and time.

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