[meteorite-list] Gottit!

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:36 2004
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030507153832.00b16500_at_gsvaresm02.er.usgs.gov>

At 01:33 PM 5/7/2003 -0600, Martin Horejsi wrote:
>Hi Dave and All,
>
>I got my Jan 03 MAPS several days ago, but nothing more recent.
>
>In the January issue, there is an interesting article about the Bishunpur
>LL3.1 chondrite. A line that caught my eye is a quote from Afiattalab and
>Wasson (1980) who "suggest that Bishunpur is more unequilibrated that
>Semarkona [LL3.0] which is often considered the most primitive ordinary
>chondrite."

They were wrong. Semarkona is significantly less metamorphosed,and is
still the reigning champ in this department. I'm sure the senior author of
this paper would no longer stand behind that 1980 statement.

jeff

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Received on Wed 07 May 2003 03:43:20 PM PDT