[meteorite-list] Dunite

From: David Freeman <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed May 5 16:16:14 2004
Message-ID: <40994B9F.8080406_at_fascination.com>

Good afternoon List;
Dunite is one of the mineral groups that are mantle derived here on
Earth, and diamonds are associated with, didn't we discuss diamonds last
week in a different context.
Very small world.
Could there be a chance of diamonds in a dunite asteroid out there
floating around in space?
Space prospector,
Dave Freeman

bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de wrote:

>>On a side note, how many meteorites incorporate dunite as part of their
>>makeup? The only place I remember hearing about dunite previously was
>>in Chassigny, since Chassigny is a Martian example of what would be
>>called a dunite on Earth.
>>
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>Well, dunite, a coarse-grained igneous rock composed
>almost entirely of olivine, has been reported from:
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>Chassigny (SNC)
>Dhofar 307 (LUN-A)
>Dhofar 730 (LUN-A)
>Mount Padbury (MES)
>Mincy (MES)
>[Putorana contains feldspathic dunite]
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>Bernd
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