[meteorite-list] Bandong

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:14 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003C00001ECC_at_paulinet.de>

Hello All,

I just stumbled over a classification problem while browsing this article
in search of some good answers to Jeff Pringle's (didn't find any though):

GENGE M.J., GRADY M.M.(1999) The fusion crusts of stony meteorites:
implications for the atmospheric reprocessing of extraterrestrial materials
(MAPS 34-3, 1999, 341-356).

Now here's the classificational problem:

The above authors classify Bandong as an L6/7 chondrite although it is
an LL6 in M.M. Grady's Catalogue of Meteorites (5th edition).

In another article by Wilkinson et al., published in 2000, it's again an LL6:

WILKISON S.L. et al. (2000) Bulk density of ordinary chondrite meteorites and
implications for asteroidal internal structure (MAPS 35-6, 2000, pp. 1203-1213).

Does anyone have any pertinent background info so they can shed some light
on this ... ?

Will have to look again at my Bandong thin section that I purchased
a while ago. It has a beautiful xenolith at the upper left edge.

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Fri 16 Apr 2004 03:09:16 PM PDT