[meteorite-list] Re: Chondrites and Widmannstätten Pattern

From: EL Jones <jonee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:34 2004
Message-ID: <3D0E22C4.452B847E_at_epix.net>

The questions now beg... What just exactly are the Nickel-Iron metallic
particles in chondrites...are they taenite or kamacite? or both? What
porportions are found in each class of chondrite? etc. Has anyone researched and
published on this?

Regards,
Elton

Bernd Pauli HD wrote:

<Snip> The metals show a Widmanst‰tten structure, which

> has been seen for the f i r s t t i m e in an
> ordinary chondrite. In addition to the highly
> recrystallized texture, this characteristic also
> indicates slow cooling.
Received on Mon 17 Jun 2002 01:56:50 PM PDT