[meteorite-list] Stony-Iron Nuggets

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:24 2004
Message-ID: <008601c24f7e$e5a40340$4d000140_at_computer>

The imilac pieces had olivine, many of them have holes where the olivine has
been weathered out.
the olivine is softer and the blowing sand of Chile eats the olivine away.
It is not water weathering, The Atacama is the driest place on earth.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message -----
From: "MARK BOSTICK" <thebigcollector_at_msn.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:58 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stony-Iron Nuggets


>
> Hello,
>
> I recently recieved an e-mail on the Admire Pallasite crystals I have on
> eBay. Basically asking why the Admire metal likes to rust away leaving
> mostly just stained olivine crystals. In the e-mail the meteorite
> collector, referred to the Imilac "skeletons" as an opposite. The metal
> were the olivine has weathered away. Which brings me to the following....
>
> The Esterville (MES) and the Glorietta Mountain (PAL) stony irons rained a
> lot of metal nuggets. I traded for a few Glorietta Mountain iron nuggets a
> few weeks ago and they appear quite stable (and do look a lot like
> Taza...with less rust). Anyway it got me thinking that most of the imilac
> "skeletons" might never had any olivine on them. That they might just be
> the "nuggets" that have weathered. While I am sure that is not always the
> case I was wondering if any one thinks this is possible.
>
> Thanks, Mark
>
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Received on Thu 29 Aug 2002 01:09:53 PM PDT