[meteorite-list] Best Easter Fishes

From: Rhett Bourland <rbourlan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:33 2004
Message-ID: <IOEBKAHMGFBDJMOFGDFNEEEIDIAA.rbourlan_at_evansville.net>

<<Second, are there any terrestrial rocks that resemble pallasites, or is
the mix of crystal and iron strictly a meteoric phenomenon?>>
I can't answer this question but I know there's a type of rock called San
Benadinoite (or something close to that) that somewhat resembles chondrites.
Its been a couple years or so since I've seen any (one of my friend's
grandfathers is an old rock hound and he had some) but from what I can
remember there are blue colored spherules set in a grey fine grained matrix.
It almost looked like a phsychodelic colored chondrite with sparse, slightly
larger than normal chondrules. I wish I could tell you more but its been a
long time since I've seen any and I was just getting into meteoritics (and
rocks in general for that matter) at the time so I didn't really know what
types of observations to make. If I remember correctly the only place on
earth you can find it is in some cave out in California.
Weird stuff indeed!
Rhett Bourland
www.asteroidmodels.com
www.asteroidmodels.com/personal
www.meteoritecollectors.org

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Tracy
Latimer
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 1:05 PM
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Best Easter Fishes


Two parts...
To all those who celebrate a spring holiday, Happy Easter, Passover,
Spring Equinox, or other seasonal observance.

Second, are there any terrestrial rocks that resemble pallasites, or is
the mix of crystal and iron strictly a meteoric phenomenon?

We're having an indoor Easter Egg Hunt at my library; we got a rare but
welcome rain overnight, and our garden area is SQUISHY. Must go hide
plastic eggs now...

Tracy Latimer


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