Real pictures of a meteorwrong.


Shortly after I introduced myself and my big old rusty rock to the Met list, I was contacted by a Brandon D who graciously offered to take some better pictures in exchange for a specimen. Sounded like a plan to me so I sent him a slice of a chunk. Chunk being a highly technical term for 'I don't have the proper equipment or even an accurate scale'.

Cut and scanned

How it looked as I sent it. Face showing was cut with a metal cutting abrasive blade in a table saw. Multiple passes were made with the blade raised slightly between passes. Due to the small size of the chunk it was welded (yes, welded!) to a scrap of angle iron for safety. Once the chunk was split into two slices, the 'handle' was removed and the face sanded a bit. This 'picture' unlike the ones below is actually a scan made on a flat bed scanner.

Polished and photographed like it was real!

This is just one of the photos I received back. Wow, what a difference a bit of polishing and a real camera makes! Scale cube don't hurt either... Any one who has ever seen the movie Thunderheart will recognize the quote "Nice trade." I certainly think so!

Left side close

Slightly closer view of the left end.

Zoom

A microscope photograph of the boxed area in the previous photo.

Zoom zoom

Zoomed in even closer.

Right end close

A medium close view of the right end. Notice the second set of lines appearing at an angle to the first! It is my understanding that false Neumann lines can be induced by various methods, including sanding, however these may possibly be naturally occurring false Neumann lines. Will not make a wrong into a 'rite', but will make it much more interesting as a collectible wrong. Awaiting an etch to be sure...


All pictures except the very top one on this page belong to Brandon D and are used here with permission. Pictures of the main mess :) and other small chunks are here on rusty rock.

Thanks for visiting!


William Bagwell

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