[meteorite-list] Green meteorites and Ureyite

From: Tracy Latimer <tracyl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:35 2004
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0206241114060.8273-100000_at_netra.lib.state.hi.us>

And here I'd thought I'd found a new and nifty gemstone related to
meteorites, NOT moldavite. Are there any instances of ureyite occurring
in meteorites other than iron ones? All the documentation I've seen so
far (thank you, List!) seems to indicate it occurs only in trace amounts
in irons, and not in stony meteorites. Hardly suitable for gemstones in
meteorite form. Sounds like the dealers in mawsitsit were engaging in a
little creative writing; they implied that there were big honkin' chunks
of ureyite embedded in meteorites, not a grain here and there.

Has anyone heard tell of a jeweler making cabochons out of a chondrite,
not an iron? It occurs to me that some of the LL3s and LL4s might make
really lovely ringstones and pendants; a ring with a .5g cabochon of,
say, Begaa might make a nice conversation piece, as well as proclaiming
your love for rocks from space! With all the NWA stones, I'd be surprised
if no one was doing some experimentation.

Tracy Latimer
-- the ultimate status symbol: a ring with a polished piece of NWA482, or
Nakhla...--
Received on Mon 24 Jun 2002 05:27:56 PM PDT