[meteorite-list] CAI

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:02 2004
Message-ID: <3C658E25.23193E53_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

"Matson, Robert" wrote:

> > http://www.caillou-noir.com/images/temp02005slice1.jpg
>
> Hmmm. They don't look like stereotypical CAI's to my eye.
> Missing the circular/concentric symmetry. As stated earlier,
> it would be most unusual to find CAI's in a non-carbonaceous
> chondrite. My guess is an aqueous weathering product. I've
> seen similar spots in some of the Mojave desert meteorites
> I've found.

... the contrast between these "islands" and the surrounding matrix is
too well defined and the white color of these inclusions almost too
vivid.

Bernd
Received on Sat 09 Feb 2002 04:01:25 PM PST


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