[meteorite-list] Chondrule (Color) Question

From: Maria Haas <dragonsoup_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jan 24 00:57:02 2005
Message-ID: <BAY4-F9E8FDF676FFF2EB2217BCCD850_at_phx.gbl>

Dear Jeff, Mark, & Bernd,

Thank you for addressing my free or low (or possibly stained) chondrule.

If I could please ask for one more thing... Could you point me in the
direction of a reference that would also show a Fe stained chondrule?

Thanks again,
Maria



Maria wrote:

> I am wondering why this particular chondrule
> weathered to a pinkish color.

Jeff Kuyken wrote me off list.

Mark responded:

> Just the right weathering conditions for the rusting
> iron to permeate the chondrule and discolor it.

Bernd added:

>Maybe it is a porphyritic pyroxene chondrule where pyroxene
>crystals are surrounded by p i n k i s h Ca-free or low-Ca
>feldspathic glass as has been abundantly preserved in "PP"
>(porphyritic pyroxene) chondrules in the Korra Korrabes H3
>chondrite. (Reference deleted)
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