[meteorite-list] Youndegin and Christian's Children

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:56 2005
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000080000350A_at_paulinet.de>

> For size comparison a picture of my children Michael (8)
> and Katharina (5) in front of the big Youndegin iron mass
> (910kg) in the NHM Vienna.

> www.austromet.com/collection/Kids_and_the_Youndegin_meteorite.jpg

> Also a detail of the Youndegin meteorite showing 3D Widmann,
> oops - Thomson Structures (protruding iron crystals).
>
> www.austromet.com/collection/Youndegin_Detail.jpg

O boy, what a meteorite !!! Jeff K. from Down Under... are you listening ?!
But what I like just as much as this magnificent piece from the core of an
asteroid, is the "family aspect" of the first JPEG. We are not only meteorite
afficionados but also fathers, mothers, and so much more. Thank you, for these
breathtaking pics, Christian !

Hey, folks, look at this gorgeous, large, oval hole in JPEG #2. This was probably
one of those troilite-graphite nodules that the Mount Stirlington mass of Youndegin
is famous for. The innermost part consisted of graphite-rich material, then, like the
different shells of an onion, troilite-graphite mixtures followed by rims of schreiber-
site and cohenite.

Reference:

Buchwald V.F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites, Vol. 3, p. 1358-1359.

Best regards,

Bernd
Received on Sun 13 Mar 2005 05:10:59 PM PST