[meteorite-list] Korra Korrabes

From: Matt Morgan <mmorgan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:47 2004
Message-ID: <3FB2AFD8.5080406_at_mhmeteorites.com>

Dave:
I think it also depends on which TYPE of Korra you have. I have one
that was found early on and is LOADED with gorgeous chondrules and
breccia fragments. Later editions of KK were very weathered and thus
did not exhibit the well defined chondrules. Also, some of the pieces
were actually fragments of the breccia (L5 I think?) and of course, did
not show well.
Matt Morgan
Mile High Meteorites

Dave Harris wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Last night Mark Ford and I and an enjoyable evening going thru his new
> acquisitions - the one that caused the most confusion was the Korra Korrabes
> specimen - an H3.
>
> Well, we looked at it, compared it to other H3s, also to the Ghubara, and we
> found it difficult to see how this is an H3.
>
> We are obviously missing a critical issue here, because the chondrules were
> scant, and indistinct, in fact my Ghub, at an L6 had more structure visible.
> It was a very dark matrix too, whereas a lot of H3s have a light matrix (ie
> Parnallee)
>
> How and why is KK an H3 - the native iron was sparse, and the chondrules
> largely invisible.
>
> So, how come it's an H3?
>
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> inquisitively,
>
> Dave
>
> IMCA #0092
>
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