What I know:
This is an 11.2g end slice of a stony meteorite from the Casablanca region in Morocco. It was first recorded in March 2001, however the actual date of fall is not known. It has been classified by UCLA as a type L6 Chondrite. Metallic iron content is between 5% and 10% (you can see metalic flecks in photo). The total known (ie, collected) weight of this meteorite fall is ~13Kgs.
The image is of the unpolished, cut surface of the meteorite. It includes a small area of approximately 6.5mm x 5mm. The meteorite has quite a varied surface to explore under the scope, however what I found particularly interesting is the mysterious lozenge shaped object shown in the enlarged insert. I have no idea what it is - it's the wrong shape for a chondrule - so my best guess is a crystal of some mineral or other?
This image was a pig to get under the 200Kb limit as there is just so much edge-to-edge detail. The original 800x600 file out of photoshop was 343Kb.
Bruce
