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Monahans (1998)

Steve wrote:

> I asked a question a while back about how many other meteorites had
> the same composition as the Monahans 1998 and I was answered that
> MANY meteorites were like it.
> Which other meteorites have blue salt crystals up to 3mm in diameter?
> For that matter, which ones have blue salt crystals of ANY size? Is
> this common or is this rare?

Hello List, hello Steve,

A search in my database for NaCl (halite) or KCl (sylvite) yielded no
results.

So I'd like to remind you of Jeff Grossman's contribution of May 11th.
He stated that native copper was fairly common in ordinary chondrites.

But with regard to the NaCl/KCl in Monahans (1998)he wrote:

> ... nobody that I've talked to knows of any similar occurrences.These
> minerals have apparently been found in some achondrites (ureilites?),
> but not like this in a chondrite (to my knowledge). Of course, I'll
> bet that these salts would be quite reactive in the presence of
> atmospheric water and meteoritic metal, so they may have been
> overlooked before ...

Regards, Bernd